Obermeyer Surname

92,998th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Obermeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obermeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2561:160,66416,363
Germany2,0041:40,1725,302
South Africa3261:166,18918,559
France2111:314,80047,893
Canada1461:252,36723,920
Brazil731:2,932,52586,118
Ecuador271:589,10511,569
Austria231:370,23639,193
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
England41:13,929,515290,718
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2591:193,89516,985

Obermeyer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obermeyer occurs most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Obermeyer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obermeyer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obermeyer is the 92,998th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,419,191 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Obermeyer are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Obermeyer is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2,256 people, or 1 in 160,664. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 12 percent are found, Indiana, where 10 percent are found and Missouri, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 39 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.

Obermeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Obermeyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Obermeyer surname grew 871 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Obermeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obermeyer last name are 27.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.56% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Obermeyer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 36.49% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,312 per year; in South Africa they earn 57.55% more than the national average, earning R 374,400 per year; in United States they earn 3.1% more than the national average, earning $44,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.72% more than the national average, earning $57,988 CAD per year.

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Obermeyer 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 Obermeyer
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