Oostema Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Oostema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oostema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:2,083,097132,570
Netherlands521:324,75337,631
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Oostema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oostema is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oostema? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,067,497th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Oostema reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 2,083,097. In The United States it is primarily found in: Illinois, where 31 percent are found, Michigan, where 23 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 22 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Oostema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Oostema has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Oostema surname expanded 1,243 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Oostema Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Oostema surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.

Oostema earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.69% more than the national average, earning $43,447 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostema92101/
Oostama862/
Otema838,372/
Ottema77382/
Otiema77268/
Hotema77112/
Ostama7747/
Ostoma7714/
Otemai7711/
Ostima778/
Otemaa777/
Osteme774/
Otemah773/
Oteima772/
Oteema772/
Otemga771/
Gotema771/
Otemma771/
Ashtema71123/
Gostima71106/
Asteima7163/
Hoytema7155/
Hoitema7125/
Houtema716/
Gustema713/
Ostamma711/
Goutema711/
Otemmah711/
Gottema711/
Ottemad711/
Ottemay710/
Atema672,381/
Otima671,042/
Otemo67425/
Osteimer674/
Otéma672/
Ushtemat671/
Gottemma671/
Ostheime671/
Otesmatt670/
Oystemey670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Oostema
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