Ostau Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ostau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ostau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ostau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ostau is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ostau? popularity and diffusion
Ostau is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Ostau are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 38 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 33 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 33 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent live and Colombia, where 13 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 Ostau
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