Osterley Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Osterley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osterley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:1,428,66862,556
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

The alternate forms: Österley (6) are calculated separately.

Osterley Last Name Facts

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

Osterley has its highest incidence in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Österley. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Osterley? popularity and diffusion

Osterley is the 3,100,440th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. Osterley is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Osterley reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,428,668. In England Osterley is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 51 percent are found, Hertfordshire, where 33 percent are found and Devon, where 3 percent are found. Aside from England it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Osterley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Osterley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 94 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 Osterley
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