Oosterum Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Oosterum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oosterum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oosterum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oosterum occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oosterum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Oosterum live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,055,448. In The Netherlands Oosterum is most numerous in: South Holland, where 50 percent reside, North Brabant, where 31 percent reside and Flevoland, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands Oosterum is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osterum931/
Oosterom881,591/
Oosterun881/
Oosteroom8210/
Osterom801/
Oosteron753/
Osterhunt711/
Gotirum671/
Oztorum671/
Oteroun671/
Otterom671/
Ostyrom670/
Gatherum63547/
Osterhoundt631/
Hasterun631/
Outeroune594/
Oteron5713/
Aterun572/
Hatirum536/
Asteron536/
Atereun533/
Atoyrum531/
Atterun531/
Ateroun531/
Asteroon5014/
Otterron501/
Ateroune501/

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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 Oosterum
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