How common is the surname Oppenheimer?

2,182 people in the United States had the surname Oppenheimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. It ranked 13,850th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Oppenheimer?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Oppenheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Oppenheimer?

J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist (1904–1967), followed by Joshua Oppenheimer.

Where is the surname Oppenheimer most common?

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

How do you pronounce Oppenheimer?

Oppenheimer is /ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/, 4 syllables.

Is the surname Oppenheimer getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,182 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Oppenheimer

A German surname, carried by 2,182 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/ 4 syllables Soundex O155

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oppenheimer is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Oppenheimer.

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 2,182 people named Oppenheimer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,197.

#13,850

rank among US surnames

2,182

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,841)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,843	Gardener	2,184	141,367
#13,845	Westberg	2,183	141,432
#13,850	Winer	2,182	141,497
#13,855	Brenes	2,181	141,561

Who is named Oppenheimer

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

86% of people named Oppenheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Oppenheimers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
Joshua Oppenheimer
American-British film director, born 1974
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, born 1941
Max Oppenheimer
Austrian Jewish painter (1885–1954)

Notable Oppenheimers come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oppenheimer

Oppenheim

Oppenheimer has the Soundex code O155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O155.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Oppenheimer come from?: Borrowed from German Oppenheimer.
How common is the surname Oppenheimer?: 2,182 people in the United States had the surname Oppenheimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. It ranked 13,850th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oppenheimer?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Oppenheimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Oppenheimer?: J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist (1904–1967), followed by Joshua Oppenheimer.
Where is the surname Oppenheimer most common?: Wikidata records people named Oppenheimer in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Oppenheimer?: Oppenheimer is /ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/, 4 syllables.
Is the surname Oppenheimer getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,182 in 2010, down 0.7%.