Oberwieser Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Oberwieser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oberwieser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Oberwieser Last Name Facts

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

Oberwieser is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oberwieser? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Oberwieser live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Oberwieser is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 100 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Oberwieser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Oberwieser has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Oberwieser
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