How common is the surname Oman?

3,198 people in the United States had the surname Oman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,543 Americans. It ranked 10,079th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Oman?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Oman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Oman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,198 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Oman

A surname, carried by 3,198 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oman is more common than 93.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,198 people named Oman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,543 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,162.

#10,079

rank among US surnames

3,198

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,431)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,072	Cranston	3,200	96,483
#10,075	Nemec	3,199	96,513
#10,079	Gaudette	3,198	96,543
#10,082	Kiker	3,197	96,574
#10,085	Risinger	3,196	96,604
#10,088	Kahle	3,195	96,634

Who is named Oman

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

91% of people named Oman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oman

Oman has the Soundex code O550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O550.

Questions

How common is the surname Oman?: 3,198 people in the United States had the surname Oman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,543 Americans. It ranked 10,079th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oman?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Oman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Oman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,198 in 2010, up 1.1%.