Oberman Surname

126,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Oberman Surname Definition:

(German) One who acted as a foreman or supervisor.

Oberman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2051:164,38016,702
Russia2831:509,26946,754
Israel1881:45,5196,107
Argentina1411:303,14524,179
Poland1171:324,86137,737
Netherlands1131:149,44422,442
Australia971:278,30624,956
Canada951:387,84834,448
Croatia621:68,20312,288
England591:944,37447,923
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Serbia111:649,54122,440
France111:6,038,429280,838
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Wales61:515,75523,171
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1231:408,28230,178

Oberman (225) may also be a first name.

Oberman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who acted as a foreman or supervisor.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Oberman Last Name Facts

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

Oberman (Russian: Оберман) is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oberman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 126,899th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,036,765 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Oberman reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Oberman is also the 599,828th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 225 people.

The surname Oberman is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,205 people, or 1 in 164,380. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 16 percent reside, Illinois, where 13 percent reside and New York, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States it is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 8 percent reside and Israel, where 5 percent reside.

Oberman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Oberman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Oberman last name increased 1,793 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 328 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Oberman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Oberman surname is primarily Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Oberman surname are 39.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.27% being registered with the political party.

The amount Oberman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.88% less than the national average, earning R 50,196 per year; in United States they earn 20.73% more than the national average, earning $52,092 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.01% more than the national average, earning $69,064 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Oberman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Oberman in the Russian language
Оберманoberman-

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