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    The surname Oberholtzer

    A surname, carried by 2,289 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O164

    Oberholtzer: #13,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Oberholtzer #13,326, 2,289 people Oberholtzer: #13,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Oberholtzer #13,326, 2,289 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oberholtzer is more common than 91.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,289 people named Oberholtzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,882 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,036.

    #13,326
    rank among US surnames
    2,289
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,665)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,322Trumbull2,290134,823
    #13,326Lamotte2,289134,882
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941
    #13,334Korb2,287135,000

    Who is named Oberholtzer

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Oberholtzer identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oberholtzer

    Oberholtzer has the Soundex code O164, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O164.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Oberholtzer?
    2,289 people in the United States had the surname Oberholtzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,882 Americans. It ranked 13,326th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oberholtzer?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Oberholtzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Oberholtzer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,289 in 2010, up 12%.