Ostović Surname

614,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Ostović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ostović Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3131:13,5102,636
Bosnia and Herzegovina1411:25,0814,126
Serbia351:204,14112,371
Slovenia111:226,15215,984
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Ostovic (62) & Ostovič (5) are calculated separately.

Ostović Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ostović is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Ostovic or Ostovič. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostović? popularity and diffusion

Ostović is the 614,324th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. Ostović occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ostović are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is carried by 313 people, or 1 in 13,510. In Croatia Ostović is most common in: Istria County, where 18 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 17 percent are found and Lika-Senj County, where 16 percent are found. Other than Croatia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 28 percent are found and Serbia, where 7 percent are found.

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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 Ostović
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