Osterhus Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

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

Osterhus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osterhus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2381:1,522,937103,340
Germany1341:600,78748,250
Norway71:734,61250,907
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Osterhus Last Name Facts

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

Osterhus occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osterhus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 745,450th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 18,879,653 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Osterhus live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 1,522,937. In The United States it is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 29 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and North Carolina, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 35 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Osterhus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Osterhus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Osterhus last name rose 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Osterhus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Osterhus surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Osterhus earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.12% more than the national average, earning $49,672 USD 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 Osterhus
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