How common is the last name Oliver?

109,817 people in the United States have the last name Oliver, about 1 in 2,722. It ranks #278 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

OLIVER

#278

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
109,817
About
1 in 2,722
This common or more
25.8%
Who bears it

Of the 109,817 people with the last name Oliver, 61.8% reported their origin as White, 26.3% as Black and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Oliver

#276 Mejia · 110,790#277 Sims · 109,854#279 Dean · 109,762#280 Williamson · 109,310

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Oliver, most common first.

#3,822 Olivera · 9,052#5,031 Olivier · 6,756#9,768 Oliveri · 3,169#13,717 Olivero · 2,115#18,179 Olivar · 1,509#33,067 Olver · 743#81,047 Olliver · 252

Also a first name

As a first name, Oliver ranks #379 of 53,615, with 146,493 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 15,421 births. See Oliver as a first name

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