Oberholser Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Oberholser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oberholser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:4,027,321218,060
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Oberholser Last Name Facts

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

Oberholser is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Oberholser click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oberholser? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oberholser is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Oberholser occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Oberholser are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Oberholser is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 4,027,321. In The United States Oberholser is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 31 percent are found, California, where 23 percent are found and Iowa, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Oberholser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Oberholser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Oberholser last name increased 134 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Oberholser Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Oberholser last name are 29.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.47% registered with the party.

Oberholser earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.31% more than the national average, earning $49,756 USD per year.

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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 Oberholser
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