The Oppenheim surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,795 people carried this name — #16,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,860 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Oppenheim surname
A surname, Oppenheim, transferred from the place name.
First mentioned as Oppenheimer marca in 765. The second element is -heim, whereas the first is unclear. Perhaps derived from the given name Obbo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Oppenheim» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Oppenheim.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
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
40 people named Oppenheim live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 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 the Nordic population registers
60 people named Oppenheim is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Oppenheim in American newspapers,
1895–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,195 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Oppenheim,
with a public archive behind them.
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Margarete Oppenheim 1857–1935 · art collector
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oppenheim.
- Oms 164 · U.S. census
- Ona 584 · U.S. census
- Ong 9,584 · U.S. census
- Ongaro 262 · U.S. census
- Onorato 1,913 · U.S. census
- Opfermann 110 · U.S. census
- Oppermann 727 · U.S. census
- Orabona 195 · U.S. census
- Oran 476 · U.S. census
- Orand 348 · U.S. census
- Orange 4,350 · U.S. census
- Orban 1,485 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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