Oosterum Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Oosterum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oosterum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oosterum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oosterum is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Oosterum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oosterum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Oosterum reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,055,448. In The Netherlands Oosterum is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 50 percent are found, North Brabant, where 31 percent are found and Flevoland, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osterum | 93 | 1 | / |
| Oosterom | 88 | 1,591 | / |
| Oosterun | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oosteroom | 82 | 10 | / |
| Osterom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oosteron | 75 | 3 | / |
| Osterhunt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gotirum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oztorum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oteroun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otterom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ostyrom | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gatherum | 63 | 547 | / |
| Osterhoundt | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hasterun | 63 | 1 | / |
| Outeroune | 59 | 4 | / |
| Oteron | 57 | 13 | / |
| Aterun | 57 | 2 | / |
| Hatirum | 53 | 6 | / |
| Asteron | 53 | 6 | / |
| Atereun | 53 | 3 | / |
| Atoyrum | 53 | 1 | / |
| Atterun | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ateroun | 53 | 1 | / |
| Asteroon | 50 | 14 | / |
| Otterron | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ateroune | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Oosterum
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