Ostrander Surname

40,463rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,952 people bear this surname

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

Ostrander Surname Definition:

(Swedish) Island shore.

Ostrander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,3301:29,3973,646
Canada5441:67,7317,803
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
England21:27,859,030389,889
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1621:15,8822,024

Ostrander (17) may also be a first name.

Ostrander Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish) Island shore.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

OSTRANDER: (Dutch.) The lord of the east shore, from oste, east, strand, the shore, and heer, lord or master; he that must have his due of a stranded ship.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Ostrander Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ostrander (Georgian: ოსტრანდერ, Russian: Острандер) is found most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostrander? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 40,463rd most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 562,658 people. The surname Ostrander occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Ostrander live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 17 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 12,330 people, or 1 in 29,397. In The United States Ostrander is primarily found in: New York, where 14 percent reside, Michigan, where 12 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Ostrander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ostrander has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ostrander last name expanded 390 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ostrander Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ostrander last name are 14.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.88% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ostrander earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning $44,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.61% more than the national average, earning $52,967 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ostrander Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ostrander in the Georgian language
ოსტრანდერostrander-
Ostrander in the Russian language
Острандерostrander-

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Ostrander Reference & Research

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