Ostensen Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Ostensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ostensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1701:2,132,111135,040
Canada521:708,56956,910
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Norway61:857,04855,549
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

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

Ostensen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ostensen is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Östensen. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ostensen.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostensen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,003,904th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Ostensen reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Ostensen is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 2,132,111. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 26 percent are found, Florida, where 19 percent are found and Illinois, where 11 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 3 percent are found.

Ostensen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ostensen are 27.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.36% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ostensen earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.42% less than the national average, earning $41,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.69% less than the national average, earning $38,905 CAD 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 Ostensen
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