The Oh surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,285 people carried this name — #1,978 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,100 people counted. That is up 37% from 13,366 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Oh surname

A surname from Korean derived from a common Korean surname.

From Korean 오(吳) (O).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Oh» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

70 people named Oh live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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

Zurich 31
Geneva 14
Vaud 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Fribourg 4
Thurgau 4
Bern 3
Solothurn 3

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 the Nordic population registers

109 people named Oh is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 109

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Oh in American newspapers,
1909–1922.

Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Oh
The Colfax Chronicle 1909-05-01
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Oh
Great Falls Tribune 1922-10-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,117 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Oh in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

103,376 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Oh. The most, 19,797, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 29,963
New South Wales 29,164
Queensland 15,330
South Australia 14,796
Western Australia 7,788
Tasmania 5,350
ACT (Canberra) 257
Northern Territory 92

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Oh.

Who carried it

People named Oh,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Margarita Oh d. 1868
  • Oh Sa-chung 1327–1406 · politician
  • Oh Sa-chung 1327–1406 · politician
  • Oh Ja-gyeong 1414–1478 · military official
  • Oh Eung-jeong 1548–1597 · military leader
  • Oh Eok-ryeong 1552–1618 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Oh,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States121 records

121 records of the Oh name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 37
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 33
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifford Oh

    Born 1920. Enlisted 1940; apprentice electrician from Hawaii. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rose Oh

    Arrived at New York in 1858 aboard the Mary Bangs from Havre, aged 17; farmer. From Baden, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Pong Hak Oh

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1899, died 1966; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 121 records for Oh in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Oh name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ting Ming Oh

    Gentleman of Mount Waverley, Victoria; died 1991.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Kim Oh

    Died 1881 in George Town, Tasmania, aged 31.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Seng Keck Oh

    Of Mt Waverley, Victoria; died 1995.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Oh in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Oh name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Myung San Oh

    Buried in 1984 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 70.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jeri Oh

    Buried in 1994 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Su Il Oh

    Buried in 1986 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 43.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Oh name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Tien Nio Oh

    Died 1961 in Arnhem, aged 55.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Saap Oh

    Married in 1661 in Terband.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Oh name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. Oh

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Oh name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Öh

    From Oberfellendorf, Oberfr. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 7 November 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 5).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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