Osterwise Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

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

Osterwise Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osterwise Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Osterwise Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osterwise occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Osterwise? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Osterwise live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 3,325,311. In The United States Osterwise is primarily found in: California, where 9 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and Missouri, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 1 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.

Osterwise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Osterwise has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Osterwise surname grew 1,817 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Osterwise Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Osterwise last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

Osterwise earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.48% more than the national average, earning $48,535 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
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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 Osterwise
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