Oberwald Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Oberwald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oberwald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria91:946,15970,786
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Oberwald Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oberwald occurs in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oberwald? popularity and diffusion

The surname Oberwald is the 4,649,889th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Oberwald occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Oberwald reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Oberwald is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 946,159. In Austria Oberwald is mostly concentrated in: Carinthia, where 89 percent are found and Vienna, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Austria Oberwald is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 44 percent are found and Russia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aberwald8828/
Overwald881/
Huberwald821/
Averwald7545/
Overvald753/
Aberbal671/
Auberval63299/
Overvold63151/
Oberbeil6325/
Overbold632/
Overuold631/
Overvall631/
Overbayl631/
Haberual630/
Overball630/
Haverwold593/
Abyrval5314/
Overvoll5056/
Avervall502/
Övervold501/
Overbolt500/

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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 Oberwald
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