Oberweis Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Oberweis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 298 | 1:1,948 | 211 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Oberweis Demographics
Average Oberweis Salary in
United States
$41,897 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oberweis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oberweis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oberweis is more commonly found in Luxembourg than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oberweis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 695,980th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. Oberweis occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Oberweis live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Oberweis is most frequently occurring in Luxembourg, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 1,948. In Luxembourg Oberweis is mostly concentrated in: Esch-sur-Alzette Canton, where 56 percent live, Grevenmacher Canton, where 26 percent live and Echternach Canton, where 17 percent live. Barring Luxembourg this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Oberweis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Oberweis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Oberweis surname grew 860 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Oberweis Last Name Statistics demography
Oberweis earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $41,897 USD per year.
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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
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