Oestern Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Oestern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oestern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Oestern Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oestern occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oestern? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Oestern live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 2,596,950. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 71 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 3 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Norway, where 3 percent are found.

Oestern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Oestern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oestern surname contracted 22 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Oestern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Oestern surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Oestern earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year.

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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 Oestern
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