Obermaier Surname

80,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,015 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Obermaier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obermaier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,9911:16,1302,124
Austria6851:12,4311,763
United States1811:2,002,536128,575
England391:1,428,66862,556
Czechia331:322,22640,051
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Wales41:773,63329,106
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Obermaier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obermaier occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Obermaier.

How Common Is The Last Name Obermaier? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 80,878th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,211,562 people. The surname Obermaier is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Obermaier live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Obermaier is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 4,991 people, or 1 in 16,130. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 88 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent live and Hesse, where 1 percent live. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Obermaier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Obermaier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Obermaier surname expanded 2,586 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Obermaier Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obermaier surname are 15.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.16% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Obermaier earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 12.58% more than the national average, earning $48,578 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.5% less than the national average, earning $36,020 CAD per year.

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Obermaier Reference & Research

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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 Obermaier
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