Olsberg Surname

816,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 341 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Olsberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olsberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
England921:605,63136,119
Norway501:102,84613,903
Sweden361:273,52118,976
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Olsberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olsberg is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Olsberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Olsberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olsberg is the 816,514th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Olsberg are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 29 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 2,831,710. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 15 percent are found, North Dakota, where 11 percent are found and Virginia, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent are found and Norway, where 15 percent are found.

Olsberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Olsberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Olsberg surname rose 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 541 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Olsberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Olsberg surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% being registered with the political party.

The amount Olsberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.82% less than the national average, earning 280,939 kr per year; in United States they earn 14.79% less than the national average, earning $36,769 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.71% more than the national average, earning $74,381 CAD per year.

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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 Olsberg
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