Ostgathe Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ostgathe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ostgathe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2461:327,25832,551
China21:683,660,78330,601
Italy21:30,578,344160,757

Ostgathe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ostgathe is most common in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostgathe? popularity and diffusion

Ostgathe is the 1,014,722nd most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname Ostgathe is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ostgathe reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Ostgathe is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 327,258. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 76 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 1 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostathe931/
Ostate8638/
Osthathes821/
Ostatea8032/
Ostaste802/
Estgate800/
Hostater754/
Gotghate752/
Hodstate751/
Austgate750/
Ostati7115/
Hotstater711/
Astate711/
Hostatter711/
Hosttater710/
Houstater710/
Hosteater710/
Oustati67171/
Eustate67134/
Astaite6713/
Hodgate674/
Outghat674/
Gatgate674/
Godgate672/
Ostatio671/
Hotstatter671/
Houstatter670/

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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 Ostgathe
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