The Obergfell surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 282 people carried this name — #69,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 274 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Obergfell.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Obergfell live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Obergfell,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stefan Obergfell 1960– · regular priest
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Eva Inés Obergfell 1971– · jurist
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Fabian Obergfell 1989– · cook
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Julia Obergfell 1995– · oboist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Obergfell.
- Nuzzo 2,021 · U.S. census
- Nydegger 423 · U.S. census
- Nys 281 · U.S. census
- Obe 130 · U.S. census
- Ober 3,724 · U.S. census
- Oberdorf 587 · 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
- Obernesser 171 · U.S. census
- Oberson 149 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Obergfell is.
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