Oppenheimer Surname

91,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nauru

Oppenheimer Surname Definition:

= Oppenheim, q.v. + the agential suff. -er.

Oppenheimer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6331:99,76811,086
Germany4441:181,31921,183
Israel4031:21,2353,154
England1171:476,22330,919
Brazil1091:1,963,98562,590
Canada981:375,97533,576
Puerto Rico911:39,0131,006
Argentina781:547,99239,725
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Netherlands361:469,08846,010
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Mexico251:4,965,04829,049
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Uruguay151:228,78417,372
Nauru141:848210
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
France101:6,642,272293,169
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Jersey31:33,0674,675
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8311:60,4326,663

Oppenheimer (24) may also be a first name.

Oppenheimer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Oppenheim, q.v. + the agential suff. -er.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From place name in Germany (Oppenheim).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who came from Oppenheim (Oppo’s place), in Germany.

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

(from a place name) From Oppenheim, a town in Rhine Hesse.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Oppenheimer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oppenheimer is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oppenheimer? popularity and diffusion

Oppenheimer is the 91,063rd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,385,992 people. Oppenheimer is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Oppenheimer reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 24 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,633 people, or 1 in 99,768. In The United States Oppenheimer is mostly concentrated in: California, where 12 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and New Jersey, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent reside and Israel, where 8 percent reside.

Oppenheimer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Oppenheimer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Oppenheimer last name expanded 437 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 316 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Oppenheimer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Oppenheimer last name are 41.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.91% registered with the party.

The amount Oppenheimer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 19.68% more than the national average, earning R 284,400 per year; in United States they earn 29.82% more than the national average, earning $56,015 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.04% more than the national average, earning $64,606 CAD per year.

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Oppenheimer Reference & Research

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