Über Surname

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

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Über Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Über Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Uber (3,783) are calculated separately.

Über Last Name Facts

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

The last name Über is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear in the variant forms: Uber. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Über? popularity and diffusion

Über is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Über occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Über live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Über is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 70 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 4 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uber923,783/
Hüber89738/
Übert8911/
Übe8611/
Ober7511,441/
Iber751,780/
Üver75275/
Óber75127/
Hübe7586/
Übey751/
Huber67267,037/
Auber672,924/
Guber672,404/
Hober67863/
Hiber67754/
Ubert67723/
Jiber67636/
Obier67483/
Obear67247/
Ueber67237/
Euber67107/
Ouber6783/
Utber6771/
Ibier6737/
Ubere6731/
Obeir6729/
Hűber6723/
Hóber6714/
Húber6711/
Ubeer6710/
Ubeur6710/
Iberh678/
Hübér678/
Ibeer677/
Usber676/
Ubger675/
Ubher675/
Uiber675/
Ümper674/
Hübes673/
Ieber673/
Obher673/
Ubier673/
Ibear672/
Oeber672/
Ibeir672/
Hüberová672/
Iberr672/
Uberd671/
Oberh671/
Ujber671/
Oberz671/
Oberr670/
Obeer670/
Oober670/

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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 Über
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