The surname Ozer
A Turkish surname, carried by 567 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O260
Origin
Turkish origin
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Özer, a personal name composed of the elements öz (“core, essence”) and er (“soldier”). * Borrowed from Hebrew עוזר (ozér, “assistant, helper”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 567 people named Ozer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 468.
Who is named Ozer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Ozer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 3.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ozer
Ozer has the Soundex code O260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O260.
Questions
- Where does the surname Ozer come from?
- Two main origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Özer, a personal name composed of the elements öz (“core, essence”) and er (“soldier”). * Borrowed from Hebrew עוזר (ozér, “assistant, helper”).
- How common is the surname Ozer?
- 567 people in the United States had the surname Ozer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. It ranked 38,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ozer?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ozer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Ozer getting more or less common?
- More common. 468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 567 in 2010, up 21%.