How common is the surname Oberlin?

1,746 people in the United States had the surname Oberlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. It ranked 16,462nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Oberlin?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Oberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Oberlin?

Johann Friedrich Oberlin, Alsatian pastor and philanthropist (1740-1826), followed by Jérémie Jacques Oberlin.

Where is the surname Oberlin most common?

Wikidata records people named Oberlin in France.

Is the surname Oberlin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,746 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Oberlin

A surname, carried by 1,746 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O164

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oberlin is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,746 people named Oberlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,721.

#16,462

rank among US surnames

1,746

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,457	Chisum	1,747	176,729
#16,462	Cieslak	1,746	176,830
#16,470	Denker	1,745	176,932

Who is named Oberlin

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

95% of people named Oberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Oberlins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johann Friedrich Oberlin
Alsatian pastor and philanthropist (1740-1826)
Jérémie Jacques Oberlin
Alsacian philologist and archaeologist, 1735–1806

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oberlin

Oberlin 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 Oberlin?: 1,746 people in the United States had the surname Oberlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. It ranked 16,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oberlin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Oberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Oberlin?: Johann Friedrich Oberlin, Alsatian pastor and philanthropist (1740-1826), followed by Jérémie Jacques Oberlin.
Where is the surname Oberlin most common?: Wikidata records people named Oberlin in France.
Is the surname Oberlin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,746 in 2010, up 1.5%.