Oberberg Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Oberberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oberberg Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1221:659,88151,431
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Oberberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oberberg is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oberberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oberberg is the 1,589,322nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Oberberg live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 659,881. In Germany Oberberg is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 66 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Berlin, where 8 percent live. Aside from Germany Oberberg is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Overberg881,738/
Owerberg8825/
Überberg886/
Overbergh82114/
Haberberg82100/
Hoverberg8230/
Averberg7547/
Överberg7510/
Overburg753/
Overberk750/
Haverberg7188/
Overburgh711/
Overberck711/
Averburg6325/
Overburk630/
Haverberk591/
Averburk501/
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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 Oberberg
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