Find out how popular the last name Ohlendorf is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ohlendorf.

Ohlendorf, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ohlendorf surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ohlendorf in America

Ohlendorf is the 42030th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ohlendorf surname appeared 517 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ohlendorf.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ohlendorf to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ohlendorf

The surname OHLENDORF is of German origin and can be traced back to the early 16th century. It is derived from the Low German words "ohl" meaning "old" and "dorp" meaning "village" or "settlement." The name likely originated as a topographic name, referring to someone who lived in an old village or settlement.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name OHLENDORF appears in various records and manuscripts from northern Germany, particularly in the regions of Lower Saxony and Westphalia. The earliest known recorded instance of the name is found in a 1534 church register from the town of Hannover, which lists a certain Johannes Ohlendorf.

In the 17th century, variations of the name such as Ohlendorp and Ohlendorff can be found in land registry documents from the Duchy of Bremen and the Principality of Lüneburg. The name was also associated with a small village called Ohlendorf, located in the present-day district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony.

One notable figure bearing the surname OHLENDORF was Otto Ohlendorf (1907-1951), a German SS officer who served as the commanding officer of Einsatzgruppe D during World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials and was executed in 1951.

Another individual with this surname was Hans-Georg Ohlendorf (1925-2009), a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. He served as a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, from 1976 to 1990.

In the 18th century, the OHLENDORF name can be found in records from the city of Hamburg, where a Johann Hinrich Ohlendorf was a prominent merchant and ship owner in the mid-1700s.

A notable scientist with this surname was Karl Christian von Ohlendorf (1779-1845), a German botanist and professor at the University of Göttingen. He made significant contributions to the study of plant taxonomy and anatomy.

Finally, Friedrich Wilhelm Ohlendorf (1826-1901) was a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Berlin during the late 19th century, including the Reichsbank and the former Prussian Ministry of Public Works.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ohlendorf

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ohlendorf.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ohlendorf was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ohlendorf has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ohlendorf was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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