Oosten Surname
Approximately 1,119 people bear this surname
Oosten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 970 | 1:17,409 | 2,704 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Oosten (27) may also be a first name.
Oosten Demographics
Average Oosten Salary in
United States
$48,328 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Oosten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oosten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oosten is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oosten? popularity and diffusion
Oosten is the 330,832nd most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 6,512,552 people. The surname Oosten occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Oosten are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread forename globally It is held by 27 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 970 people, or 1 in 17,409. In The Netherlands Oosten is mostly found in: South Holland, where 22 percent live, Overijssel, where 15 percent live and North Holland, where 15 percent live. Other than The Netherlands Oosten occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.
Oosten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Oosten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oosten last name rose 421 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Oosten Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Oosten surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Oosten earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12% more than the national average, earning $48,328 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $51,061 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Oosten
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis