How rare is the last name Oswald?

13,878 people in the United States have the last name Oswald, about 1 in 21,538. It ranks #2,536 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

OSWALD

#2,536

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,878
About
1 in 21,538
This common or more
50.6%
Who bears it

Of the 13,878 people with the last name Oswald, 92.2% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Oswald

#2,534 Coughlin · 13,898#2,535 Gentile · 13,884#2,537 Chavis · 13,876#2,538 Tobias · 13,875

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,550 Oswalt · 4,975#56,219 Osswald · 393

Also a first name

As a first name, Oswald ranks #5,899 of 53,615, with 2,810 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1916, with 107 births. See Oswald as a first name

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