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    The surname Obermeyer

    A surname, carried by 1,539 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O165

    Obermeyer: #18,098 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Obermeyer #18,098, 1,539 people Obermeyer: #18,098 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Obermeyer #18,098, 1,539 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Obermeyer is more common than 88.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,539 people named Obermeyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,526.

    #18,098
    rank among US surnames
    1,539
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,141)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,089Frasca1,541200,354
    #18,090Zeh1,540200,484
    #18,098Quayle1,539200,614
    #18,106Chumbley1,538200,745

    Who is named Obermeyer

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

    96% of people named Obermeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • 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 Obermeyer

    Obermeyer has the Soundex code O165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O165.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Obermeyer?
    1,539 people in the United States had the surname Obermeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Obermeyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Obermeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Obermeyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, up 0.9%.