Explore the Family Name Olbrich

The meaning of Olbrich

German: 1. from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements odal ‘wealth, inheritance’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. 2. Saxon and Silesian variant of Albrecht or Albert. Some characteristic forenames: German Gunter, Alois, Franz, Gunther, Irmgard.

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

In terms of the surname Olbrich's popularity, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there has been a slight decrease in rank from 53,904 in 2000 to 55,841 in 2010, representing a change of -3.59%. Despite this slight drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Olbrich surname increased from 359 to 367 during the same period, an increase of 2.23%. The proportion per 100k people slightly decreased by 7.69% from 0.13 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#53,904	#55,841	-3.59%
Count	359	367	2.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Olbrich

Turning to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that those bearing the Olbrich surname largely identify as White, making up 94.99% in 2000 and decreasing slightly to 94.55% in 2010. The representation of those identifying with two or more ethnicities saw an increase from 1.95% to 2.45% over the decade. There were no individuals with the Olbrich surname identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of Hispanic representation in 2010 at 1.63%, where there had been none in 2000. Conversely, those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, which represented 1.39% in 2000, were not present in the 2010 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.99%	94.55%	-0.46%
Two or More Races	1.95%	2.45%	25.64%
Hispanic	0%	1.63%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.39%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%