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 most common in Germany. It may also appear as a variant: Ostertág. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostertag? popularity and diffusion

It is the 59,172nd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 854,143 people. Ostertag is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Ostertag reside; 65 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Ostertag is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 4,329 people, or 1 in 18,597. In Germany Ostertag is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 55 percent are found, Bavaria, where 20 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent are found. Besides Germany Ostertag occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Argentina, where 12 percent are found.

Ostertag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ostertag has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ostertag last name rose 723 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ostertag Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ostertag last name is principally Orthodox (71%) in Russia.

In The United States Ostertag are 17.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.94% being registered with 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-

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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.

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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 Ostertag
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