Oostwal Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Oostwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oostwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands921:183,55626,152
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Oostwal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oostwal is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Oostwal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oostwal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,918,812th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Oostwal occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Oostwal live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 183,556. In The Netherlands Oostwal is primarily found in: North Holland, where 50 percent are found, Flevoland, where 20 percent are found and South Holland, where 15 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Singapore, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostwal921,013/
Ostwalt86268/
Ostwall8614/
Gostwal862/
Oustwal861/
Osthwal861/
Ostwahl860/
Otwal831,726/
Ostwaldt8068/
Oostwold8019/
Goshtwal801/
Othwal7778/
Gotwal7775/
Astwal7717/
Ottwal777/
Otwale773/
Otwall772/
Ostual772/
Outwal771/
Otwalt770/
Ostwold7125/
Ashtwal715/
Ostuald712/
Ostualt712/
Gotwhal711/
Gotwaal711/
Gottwal711/
Outwalt711/
Gotwall710/
Atwal678,107/
Otwol6747/
Odwal6732/
Austwald6710/
Otual677/
Hottwald671/
Hastwall670/
Gottwall670/

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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
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  • 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 Oostwal
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