The Ohl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,016 people carried this name — #14,739 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,058 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 394 people named Ohl.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 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
70 people named Ohl have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 99 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Ohl live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
Ohl in American newspapers,
1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 260,994 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ohl,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie Peters 1822–1897 -
Marie Peters 1822–1897
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Henry Ohl, Jr. 1873–1940 · politician
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Hedwig Ohl 1877–1943
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Agnes Kellner 1882–
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Otto Ohl 1886–1973 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ohl.
- Ogier 404 · U.S. census
- Ohana 394 · U.S. census
- Ohanessian 154 · U.S. census
- Ohanian 1,210 · U.S. census
- Ohannessian 254 · U.S. census
- Ohayon 508 · U.S. census
- Ohlmann 333 · U.S. census
- Ohmer 755 · U.S. census
- Ojeda 22,045 · U.S. census
- Okonski 626 · U.S. census
- Olazabal 539 · U.S. census
- Olczak 370 · U.S. census
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