Oxberg Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Oxberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oxberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Oxberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oxberg is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oxberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Oxberg reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 3,186,924. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 94 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Oxberg Last Name Statistics demography

Oxberg earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.3% less than the national average, earning R 75,336 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osberg831,703/
Axberg83913/
Exberg838/
Oxborg834/
Oxburg831/
Oxburgh7770/
Hexberg7756/
Ohsberg7751/
Ochberg7733/
Gosberg7722/
Odsberg7722/
Hosberg7719/
Ossberg7711/
Oshberg773/
Haxberg772/
Ogsberg770/
Hochberg713,116/
Hoksberg7154/
Housberg7123/
Oddsberg7119/
Hogsberg718/
Goksberg711/
Ouchberg711/
Hoshberg711/
Hossberg711/
Goysberg711/
Osburg671,191/
Asberg67199/
Hoegsberg6732/
Hochbergs676/
Ásberg672/
Hoichberg671/
Exburg670/

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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 Oxberg
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