Opatz Surname

480,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Opatz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opatz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5401:671,22053,500
Germany1391:579,17647,094
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

The alternate forms: Opätz (13) are calculated separately.

Opatz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opatz is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Opätz. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opatz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 480,521st most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,500,787 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Opatz live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 540 people, or 1 in 671,220. In The United States Opatz is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 70 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Wisconsin, where 5 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.

Opatz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Opatz surname are 23.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.07% registered to vote for the political party.

Opatz earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.3% more than the national average, earning $47,595 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opätz9313/
Opaitz9119/
Opaz8921/
Opetz8012/
Opacz8011/
Opahz801/
O'Paz801/
Apatz801/
Opayts73147/
Opaits7310/
Opatts735/
Hopats733/
Gopacz732/
Opatch732/
Hopacz731/
Opeitz731/
Apaz67599/
Opac6750/
Happatz6742/
Epaz6726/
Opać674/
Hopaits671/
Opatsch671/
Opoz671/

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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 Opatz
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