Ostend Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Ostend Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Ostend (15) may also be a first name.
Ostend Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ostend Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ostend is found most frequently in Belgium. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ostend? popularity and diffusion
Ostend is the 5,057,639th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Ostend reside; 47 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,642,378. In Belgium Ostend is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent reside and Bulgaria, where 7 percent reside.
Ostend Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ostend has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ostend surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ostend
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