Ostertag Surname

59,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ostertag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ostertag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,3291:18,5972,441
United States1,2651:286,52926,648
Argentina1,0041:42,5733,587
France7381:90,00412,951
Switzerland3451:23,8063,762
Russia2771:520,30047,524
Canada2061:178,86217,839
Austria751:113,53916,032
Thailand681:1,038,799157,648
Paraguay591:122,6572,701
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Denmark111:513,15632,022
England81:6,964,757184,742
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
China21:683,660,78330,601
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1751:286,96422,992

The alternate forms: Ostertág (16) are calculated separately.

Ostertag Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ostertag (Russian: Остертаг) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Ostertág. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostertag? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 59,172nd most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 854,143 people. The surname Ostertag occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Ostertag are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Ostertag is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 4,329 people, or 1 in 18,597. In Germany Ostertag is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 55 percent reside, Bavaria, where 20 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside. Other than Germany it occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Argentina, where 12 percent reside.

Ostertag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ostertag has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ostertag last name increased 723 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ostertag Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Ostertag surname is primarily Orthodox (71%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Ostertag last name are 17.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.94% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ostertag earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.11% more than the national average, earning $50,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $52,396 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ostertag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ostertag in the Russian language
Остертагostertag-

Search for Another Surname

Ostertag Reference & Research

Ostertag/Easterday DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Ostertag/Easterday FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Ostertag
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis