Oppenheimer Surname History

Oppenheimer Ranking

In the United States, the name Oppenheimer is the 16,792^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Benjamin Oppenheimer, who landed in America in 1830 2
Joel Oppenheimer, aged 22, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 2
Simon Oppenheimer, aged 55, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 2
Charles Oppenheimer, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
Amalie Oppenheimer, aged 20, who landed in America in 1854 2
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Gerald J. Oppenheimer (1922-2016), born Julius Oppenheimer, a German-born, American librarian and scholar, Director of the Health Sciences Library at the University of Washington (1963-1987)
Lillian Rose Vorhaus Kruskal Oppenheimer (1898-1992), American origami pioneer
Kay Oppenheimer, American politician, Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2006-)
Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer (b. 1974), American film director
Joel Lester Oppenheimer (1930-1988), American poet associated with both the Black Mountain poets and the New York School
Jessurun James "Jess" Oppenheimer (1913-1988), American radio and television writer, producer, and director, head writer of the CBS sitcom I Love Lucy
Daniel M. Oppenheimer, American associate professor of psychology at the UCLA Anderson School of Management
Damon T. Oppenheimer (b. 1962), American Vice President and Director of Amateur Scouting for the New York Yankees
Ben R. Oppenheimer, American astrophysicist, curator of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History
Alan Oppenheimer (b. 1930), American character actor and voice actor
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"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)