Obenauff Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Obenauff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obenauff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obenauff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obenauff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obenauff is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obenauff.

How Common Is The Last Name Obenauff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Obenauff is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Obenauff are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 5,750,390. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 50 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 29 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Besides Germany Obenauff occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obenauf93914/
Obenhauf881/
Hobenauf881/
Obeanauf880/
Obenaf861/
Ubenauf807/
Obenouf800/
Obenoff800/
Obenhoff7529/
Obenub711/
Hobenhoff710/
Abienaf672/
Obenova671/
Abenoff671/

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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
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  • 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 Obenauff
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