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    The surname Oberlander

    A German surname, carried by 2,194 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O164

    Oberlander: #13,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Oberlander #13,786, 2,194 people Oberlander: #13,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Oberlander #13,786, 2,194 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oberlander is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Oberländer (literally “highlander, uplander”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,194 people named Oberlander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,723 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,008.

    #13,786
    rank among US surnames
    2,194
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,820)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,781Pettengill2,195140,659
    #13,786Schuessler2,194140,723
    #13,790Cuddy2,193140,787
    #13,795Wickstrom2,192140,851

    Who is named Oberlander

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

    96% of people named Oberlander identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Oberlaender

    Surnames that sound like Oberlander

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oberlander come from?
    From German Oberländer (literally “highlander, uplander”).
    How common is the surname Oberlander?
    2,194 people in the United States had the surname Oberlander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,723 Americans. It ranked 13,786th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oberlander?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Oberlander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Oberlander getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,194 in 2010, up 9.3%.
    What are other spellings of Oberlander?
    Oberlaender.