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    The surname Ohler

    A German surname, carried by 2,420 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O460

    Ohler: #12,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ohler #12,752, 2,420 people Ohler: #12,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ohler #12,752, 2,420 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ohler is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Ohler or Öhler.

    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 2,420 people named Ohler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,326.

    #12,752
    rank among US surnames
    2,420
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,266)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,744Fuerte2,422127,475
    #12,745Mudge2,421127,528
    #12,752DeGraw2,420127,581
    #12,757Frei2,419127,634
    #12,760Callanan2,418127,686

    Who is named Ohler

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

    94% of people named Ohler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ohler

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ohler come from?
    Borrowed from German Ohler or Öhler.
    How common is the surname Ohler?
    2,420 people in the United States had the surname Ohler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. It ranked 12,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ohler?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ohler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ohler getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,420 in 2010, up 4.0%.