Ooster Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Ooster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Ooster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ooster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ooster is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ooster click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ooster? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Ooster reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Ooster is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 544,748. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 87 percent live, Drenthe, where 3 percent live and Limburg, where 3 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 39 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.
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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 Ooster
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