# Oppenheimer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/oppenheimer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,182 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,850 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 141,497 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (2,197 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Oppenheimer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Oppenheimer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Oppenheimer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Oppenheimer

- J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
- Joshua Oppenheimer, American-British film director
- Frank Oppenheimer, American particle physicist (1912–1985)
- Alan Oppenheimer, American voice actor (born 1930)
- Peter Oppenheimer, American businessperson and board member, former senior vice president and Chief Financial
- Max Oppenheimer, Austrian Jewish painter (1885–1954)

## Similar surnames

Oppenheim, O'Bannon, O'Banion.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.