Ossendorf Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ossendorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ossendorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1991:404,55037,233
Czechia221:483,34051,393
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Ossendorf Last Name Facts

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

Ossendorf is found most in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ossendorf? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,038,570th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Ossendorf are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Ossendorf is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 404,550. In Germany Ossendorf is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 91 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 percent are found and Bavaria, where 2 percent are found. Beside Germany it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Ossendorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ossendorf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ossendorf last name declined 59 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ossendorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ossendorf last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Ossendorf earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.54% less than the national average, earning $30,403 USD per year.

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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 Ossendorf
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