Oldenburg Surname

40,138th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,071 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland

Oldenburg Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Oldenburg (old fortification), the name of four places in Germany.

Oldenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6,5421:12,3061,589
United States4,0481:89,54010,071
Netherlands7921:21,3223,379
Brazil4271:501,34518,906
Sweden2421:40,6893,252
Denmark2391:23,6182,416
Russia2221:649,20356,263
Canada1411:261,31624,674
Venezuela621:487,1639,407
Argentina511:838,10654,910
Poland431:883,92467,072
Finland431:127,83012,225
Kazakhstan351:505,21437,000
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
England161:3,482,379114,324
Greenland141:4,027416
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Norway71:734,61250,907
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
France41:16,605,680368,153
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4461:112,59811,173

Oldenburg (24) may also be a first name.

Oldenburg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Oldenburg (old fortification), the name of four places in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Oldenburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oldenburg (Russian: Ольденбург) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Oldenburg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oldenburg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 40,138th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 557,535 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Oldenburg live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe. Oldenburg is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 24 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 6,542 people, or 1 in 12,306. In Germany Oldenburg is most frequent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 17 percent live. Apart from Germany Oldenburg exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.

Oldenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Oldenburg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oldenburg last name increased 908 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Oldenburg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Oldenburg last name are 15.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.02% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Oldenburg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.62% less than the national average, earning 281,633 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 176.44% more than the national average, earning $62,757,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.63% more than the national average, earning $46,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.72% more than the national average, earning $54,016 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Oldenburg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Oldenburg in the Russian language
Ольденбургoldenburg-

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