Optenberg Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Optenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Optenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Optenberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Optenberg is found most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Optenberg? popularity and diffusion

Optenberg is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Optenberg live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 36 percent reside, Arizona, where 27 percent reside and Texas, where 27 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 33 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 19 percent reside.

Optenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Optenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Optenberg last name grew 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Optenberg Last Name Statistics demography

Optenberg earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 146.96% more than the national average, earning $106,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
op ten Berg90152/
Opdenberg89119/
Opdenbergh849/
op den Berg8013/
Opdenburg780/
Whiptenburg701/
Optenbrauch700/
Uptonburgh631/
Abatineberk501/

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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 Optenberg
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