Obenhausen Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Obenhausen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obenhausen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Peru131:2,444,93327,186
Denmark91:627,19136,734
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Obenhausen Last Name Facts

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

Obenhausen is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obenhausen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,333,370th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Obenhausen live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 1,789,010. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 49 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 31 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 19 percent reside and Denmark, where 13 percent reside.

Obenhausen Last Name Statistics demography

Obenhausen earn less than half the average income. In Peru they earn 53.48% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,018 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ovenhausen90107/
Abenhausen9027/
Obenhuysen902/
Obenhousen900/
Obenhuijsen8610/
Ebenhusen841/
Obenhein7819/
Obenhain780/
Obenan751/
Abenhusin741/
Oubenan711/
Obeanan710/
Ebenhousin700/
Abenhein670/

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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 Obenhausen
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