Osterhold Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Osterhold Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osterhold Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany841:958,39866,883
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Osterhold Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osterhold is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Osterhold.

How Common Is The Last Name Osterhold? popularity and diffusion

The last name Osterhold is the 1,385,851st most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Osterhold live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 958,398. In Germany Osterhold is mostly found in: Hesse, where 38 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and Canada, where 15 percent live.

Osterhold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Osterhold has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Osterhold surname rose 369 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Osterhold Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Osterhold are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Osterhold earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 21.43% less than the national average, earning $33,901 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.37% less than the national average, earning $48,007 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
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  • 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 Osterhold
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