The surname Obara
A Polish surname, carried by 611 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex O160
Origin
Polish origin
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Obara. * Borrowed from Japanese 小原 (Obara).
One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 611 people named Obara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 542.
Who is named Obara
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Obara identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 74%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Two or more races 1.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Obara
Obara has the Soundex code O160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O160.
Other Polish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Obara come from?
- Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Obara. * Borrowed from Japanese 小原 (Obara).
- How common is the surname Obara?
- 611 people in the United States had the surname Obara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 505,312 Americans. It ranked 36,585th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Obara?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Obara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Obara getting more or less common?
- More common. 542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 611 in 2010, up 13%.