Obrist Surname
Approximately 4,177 people bear this surname
Obrist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2,437 | 1:3,370 | 448 |
| Italy | 427 | 1:143,224 | 22,627 |
| United States | 402 | 1:901,639 | 67,958 |
| Austria | 356 | 1:23,920 | 3,757 |
| France | 160 | 1:415,142 | 60,629 |
| Germany | 140 | 1:575,039 | 46,885 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Paraguay | 39 | 1:185,558 | 3,539 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Chile | 25 | 1:704,659 | 16,160 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Ecuador | 23 | 1:691,559 | 12,337 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1:965,744 | 57,486 |
Obrist (26) may also be a first name.
Obrist Demographics
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Obrist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obrist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obrist is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obrist? popularity and diffusion
Obrist is the 111,216th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,744,684 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Obrist are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent given name globally, held by 26 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 2,437 people, or 1 in 3,370. In Switzerland Obrist is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Aargau, where 38 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 25 percent live and Canton of Bern, where 7 percent live. Besides Switzerland this surname is found in 28 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Obrist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Obrist has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 773 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Obrist Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Obrist surname are 4.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.16% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Obrist earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.03% less than the national average, earning $42,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.54% more than the national average, earning $50,943 CAD per year.
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Obrist 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 Obrist
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