Explore the Family Name Oberhelman

The meaning of Oberhelman

Americanized form of German Oberhellmann: topographic name for someone who lived at the upper part of a wild and steep tract of land, from ober ‘upper’ + Hell (Middle High German helle) ‘hell, steep, wild terrain’ + -mann ‘man’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Oberhelman in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Oberhelman saw a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked the 57,544th most popular surname in the United States, and by 2010, it dropped to the 64,200th rank, which is an 11.57% decrease. The actual count of people with this surname also decreased from 331 to 310, a 6.34% reduction. Consequently, the proportion of individuals named Oberhelman per 100,000 people in the U.S. also decreased by 8.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,544	#64,200	-11.57%
Count	331	310	-6.34%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Oberhelman

In terms of ethnicity according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of people with the last name Oberhelman identified as White, accounting for over 94% in both 2000 and 2010. However, there was a slight decrease of 1.65% in this demographic over the decade. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Hispanic increased by 17.55%, climbing from 3.02% in 2000 to 3.55% in 2010. No significant changes were detected among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, with these groups representing an insignificant proportion of individuals with the Oberhelman surname during both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.77%	94.19%	-1.65%
Hispanic	3.02%	3.55%	17.55%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%