Oesterlé Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Oesterlé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oesterlé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

The alternate forms: Oesterle (4,922) are calculated separately.

Oesterlé Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oesterlé Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Oesterlé is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Oesterle. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oesterlé? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Oesterlé is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Oesterlé live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Oesterlé is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 547,528. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 80 percent reside and Canton of Vaud, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland Oesterlé exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 15 percent reside and Belgium, where 5 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Oesterlé
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