Oberländer Surname

106,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Oberländer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oberländer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,9981:20,1362,666
Austria2671:31,8935,138
Czechia371:287,39137,121
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Slovakia101:533,64560,629
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Oberlander (3,380) are calculated separately.

Oberländer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oberländer is found most in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms: Oberlander. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oberländer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 106,893rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,667,631 people. Oberländer occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Oberländer reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 3,998 people, or 1 in 20,136. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 13 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Barring Germany Oberländer occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 6 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oberlander973,380/
Oberlender90283/
Overländer9071/
Oberlönder901/
Oberländerová8737/
Oberlaender86363/
Haberländer8633/
Overlander80336/
Eberlander800/
Haberlander76113/

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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 Oberländer
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