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The surname Oller

A German occupational surname, carried by 2,800 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O460

Oller: #11,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Oller #11,283, 2,800 people Oller: #11,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Oller #11,283, 2,800 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oller is more common than 93% of them.

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.

#11,283
rank among US surnames
2,800
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
-0.4%
change since 2000 (was #10,473)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,275Keese2,802110,188
#11,279Wilford2,801110,227
#11,283Rasberry2,800110,266
#11,288Eveland2,799110,306
#11,290Auld2,798110,345

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%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ollers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Tony Oller
    American singer and actor, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oller

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%.