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) is more frequently found in South Korea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name O? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 290th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,933 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of O live; 61 percent live in East Asia and 61 percent live in Koreanic Asia. O is also the 646th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 1,246,755 people.
The last name O is most widespread in South Korea, where it is held by 799,618 people, or 1 in 64. In South Korea it is most frequent in: Gyeonggi Province, where 23 percent reside, Seoul, where 20 percent reside and Busan, where 7 percent reside. Outside of South Korea this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 39 percent reside and North Korea, where 18 percent reside.
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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