O Surname
Approximately 1,853,071 people bear this surname
O Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 799,618 | 1:64 | 17 |
| Vietnam | 714,373 | 1:130 | 22 |
| North Korea | 331,566 | 1:76 | 14 |
| Japan | 5,326 | 1:24,004 | 2,552 |
| India | 743 | 1:1,032,389 | 43,187 |
| Afghanistan | 560 | 1:57,416 | 1,889 |
| Taiwan | 354 | 1:66,228 | 691 |
| China | 156 | 1:8,764,882 | 582 |
| Iran | 86 | 1:892,820 | 42,918 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| Northern Ireland | 44 | 1:41,933 | 3,816 |
| Cambodia | 25 | 1:619,486 | 4,539 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Guinea | 10 | 1:1,183,382 | 1,367 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
O (1,246,755) may also be a first name.
O Demographics
Average O Salary in
United States
$69,732 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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O Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name O Come From? nationality or country of origin
O (Russian: Оь) has its highest incidence in South Korea. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name O? popularity and diffusion
O is the 290th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,933 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of O are found; 61 percent are found in East Asia and 61 percent are found in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 646th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 1,246,755 people.
O is most frequently occurring in South Korea, where it is borne by 799,618 people, or 1 in 64. In South Korea it is primarily concentrated in: Gyeonggi Province, where 23 percent live, Seoul, where 20 percent live and Busan, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account South Korea this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Vietnam, where 39 percent live and North Korea, where 18 percent live.
O Last Name Statistics demography
The amount O earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 1.48% more than the national average, earning $23,039,000 COP per year; in Vietnam they earn 23.14% less than the national average, earning 63,364,900 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 61.61% more than the national average, earning $69,732 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.97% less than the national average, earning $44,732 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
O Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| O in the Russian language | ||
| Оь | o | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to O
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