Oppegard Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Oppegard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oppegard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3921:924,64069,378
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Oppegard Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oppegard is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oppegard? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 731,961st most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. The surname Oppegard is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Oppegard are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Oppegard is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 924,640. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 35 percent live, North Dakota, where 10 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Oppegard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Oppegard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oppegard last name expanded 1,867 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Oppegard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Oppegard last name are 2.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

Oppegard earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.93% more than the national average, earning $50,887 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oppegaard94490/
Opegard931/
Oppigard8820/
Appegard880/
Opegaard880/
Oppegaar880/
Appesgard820/
Ophegaard820/
Appegaard820/
Apegar711/
Gopigar671/
Opigour531/
Hapigar531/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Oppegard
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis