Ostbye Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Ostbye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ostbye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Östbye (36) are calculated separately.

Ostbye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ostbye occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Östbye. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostbye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,649,806th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Ostbye live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States Ostbye is primarily found in: Washington, where 27 percent reside, Minnesota, where 17 percent reside and North Carolina, where 15 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.

Ostbye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ostbye are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

Ostbye earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.6% more than the national average, earning $54,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Östbye9436/
Oestbye925/
Ostby911,413/
Ostboe8339/
Oestby833/
Osteby832/
Ostbay830/
Ostoby830/
Ostebee7727/
Osteboe7713/
Osetobe773/
Oesstby771/
Estby73188/
Östby73134/
Ostep7343/
Ostbo7339/
Ustby7335/
Astby7316/
Osteb7311/
Ostbi731/
Ostab731/
Oesteboe714/
Estebe671,238/
Astibe67446/
Ostebo6786/
Eastby6759/
Osdoby6744/
Estibe6743/
Austby6730/
Istabe6723/
Estube6720/
Esteby6711/
Ostaib678/
Ustbay678/
Oztobe677/
Ostaba677/
Östeby676/
Estèbe674/
Astebe674/
Osdabe674/
Ostubo672/
Ostabo672/
Ostieb671/
Osetba671/
Üstbay671/
Ostupe671/
Estabe671/
Estbuy671/
Oztoby670/
Gustbée626/
Otvie550/

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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 Ostbye
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