Oberweis Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Luxembourg
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Oberweis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oberweis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Luxembourg2981:1,948211
United States431:8,429,278367,833
France361:1,845,076161,051
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
England61:9,286,343223,652
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oberweiss942/
Oberweise941/
Oberwise8837/
Oberwies8821/
Oberwoits829/
Eberweiss820/
Oberwajs7530/
Overhues6366/
Oberwajś631/
Aborwiss631/
Uberwasse590/
Overviz530/

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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 Oberweis
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