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    The surname Oehler

    A surname, carried by 2,095 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O460

    Oehler: #14,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Oehler #14,294, 2,095 people Oehler: #14,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Oehler #14,294, 2,095 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oehler is more common than 91.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,095 people named Oehler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,373 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,033.

    #14,294
    rank among US surnames
    2,095
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,685)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,286Lusby2,096147,302
    #14,294Oehler2,095147,373
    #14,296Yamasaki2,094147,443
    #14,299Baggs2,093147,513

    Who is named Oehler

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

    96% of people named Oehler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Oehler

    Oehler has the Soundex code O460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Oehler?
    2,095 people in the United States had the surname Oehler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,373 Americans. It ranked 14,294th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oehler?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Oehler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Oehler getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,095 in 2010, up 3.0%.