The Ober surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,724 people carried this name — #8,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,675 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 452 people named Ober.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
143 people named Ober have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 159 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Ober live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Ober live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ober in American newspapers,
1879–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 349,988 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ober,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frederick A. Ober 1849–1913 · writer -
Josephine Robb Ober 1875–1952 · journalist -
Robert Ober 1881–1950 · actor -
Margarethe Arndt-Ober 1885–1971 · opera singer -
Peter Ober 1813–1869 · hotel manager
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Salomon Auber 1863–1934 · conductor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ober.
- Nussbaumer 484 · U.S. census
- Nuti 275 · U.S. census
- Nuzzo 2,021 · U.S. census
- Nydegger 423 · U.S. census
- Nys 281 · U.S. census
- Obe 130 · U.S. census
- Oberdorf 587 · U.S. census
- Obergfell 282 · U.S. census
- Oberhauser 344 · U.S. census
- Oberle 2,371 · U.S. census
- Oberlin 1,746 · U.S. census
- Obermeyer 1,539 · U.S. census
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