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Where Does The Last Name Obst Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Obst (Russian: Обст) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obst? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 62,445^th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 906,637 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Obst live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. Obst is also the 2,239,265^th most frequently used first name globally, held by 23 people.

The last name Obst is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 3,955 people, or 1 in 20,355. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside, Saxony, where 14 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 17 percent reside and Poland, where 13 percent reside.

Obst Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Obst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Obst last name expanded 1,014 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Obst Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Obst surname are 11.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.72% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Obst earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.43% less than the national average, earning 341,116 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.75% more than the national average, earning $47,786 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.94% less than the national average, earning $49,218 CAD per year.