The surname Oller
A German occupational surname, carried by 2,800 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O460
Origin
German origin
Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Öller, a variant of Öhler or Euler. * Borrowed from Catalan Oller, an occupational surname for a potter, from Latin ollārius (“potter”).
Oller is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
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 2,800 people named Oller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,266 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,812.
Who is named Oller
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Oller identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Famous Ollers
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Tony OllerAmerican singer and actor, born 1991
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Oller has the Soundex code O460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O460.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Oller come from?
- Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Öller, a variant of Öhler or Euler. * Borrowed from Catalan Oller, an occupational surname for a potter, from Latin ollārius (“potter”).
- How common is the surname Oller?
- 2,800 people in the United States had the surname Oller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,266 Americans. It ranked 11,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Oller?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Oller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Oller?
- Tony Oller, American singer and actor.
- Where is the surname Oller most common?
- Wikidata records people named Oller in the United States.
- What type of surname is Oller?
- Oller is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Oller getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,800 in 2010, down 0.4%.