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

Oved, 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 Oved surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Oved in America

Oved is the 115639th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Oved surname appeared 151 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 Oved.

We can also compare 2010 data for Oved 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 Oved

The surname OVED traces its origins to the Middle East, particularly in the regions of modern-day Israel and Palestine. It is believed to have emerged as a variant of the Hebrew name "Oved," which means "servant" or "worker."

The earliest recorded instances of the name OVED can be found in various historical documents and records from the 13th and 14th centuries in the Levant region. One notable example is the mention of an individual named Oved ben Yitzhak in a manuscript from the Cairo Geniza, a collection of Jewish texts discovered in the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo, Egypt.

During the Middle Ages, the name OVED was commonly found among Jewish communities in the Levant and parts of North Africa. It is possible that the name was adopted by some families as a reference to their occupation or as a reflection of their humility and dedication to serving others.

In the late 15th century, after the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal, many Sephardic Jews bearing the surname OVED settled in various parts of the Ottoman Empire, including territories that are now part of Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname OVED was Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak Oved, a prominent Jewish scholar and philosopher who lived in the 14th century in the city of Toledo, Spain. Another notable figure was Rabbi Yitzhak Oved, a 16th-century Kabbalist and author from Safed, Palestine.

In the 19th century, the surname OVED gained some prominence with the birth of Rabbi Moshe Oved (1828-1899), a renowned Sephardic rabbi and scholar from Jerusalem. Another notable figure was Yosef Oved (1850-1925), a Jewish educator and writer from Izmir, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey).

Other historical figures bearing the surname OVED include Nissim Oved (1905-1981), an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset, and Yitzhak Oved (1926-2011), an Israeli writer and poet who was awarded the Israel Prize in 2007 for his contributions to Hebrew literature.

While the surname OVED has its roots in the Middle East, it has since spread to various parts of the world through migration and diaspora. However, records from ancient and medieval times remain the most reliable sources for tracing the historical origins and significance of this surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Oved

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

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 Oved 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 Oved 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 Oved was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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