Ostrovska Surname

351,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,037 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Ostrovska Surname User-submission:

(Russian, Belorussian, Ukranian, etc.,), From 'Ostrov' [Island] + the common Russian suffix '-sky'/'-skaya'. [sometimes translated or feminized as '-skyi', '-skia', and '-ska', and sometimes even without a suffix.

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Ostrovska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia8541:2,401289
Bulgaria541:129,2397,530
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Ostrovská (149) & Ostrovška (1) are calculated separately.

Ostrovska Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Ostrovsky, Ostrovskaya, Ostrovskyi, Ostrovskaia, Ostrovska, Ostrov:

(Russian, Belorussian, Ukranian, etc.,), From 'Ostrov' [Island] + the common Russian suffix '-sky'/'-skaya'. [sometimes translated or feminized as '-skyi', '-skia', and '-ska', and sometimes even without a suffix.] I have found multiple places named 'Ostrov' in mainly Eastern-European countries, which includes Romania, Slovakia, and possibly 2 in Czechia [the Czech Republic, and if not 2 locations, then most likely 1.], but mainly one in Western-Russia, just shy of 20 miles [~32 kilometres] away from the border with Latvia, ~85 miles from the border with Belarus [~140 kilometres], ~200 miles from Saint Petersburg [~320 kilometres], and 370 miles from Moscow [~600 kilometres]. It literally translates to 'island' in Russian. [Island = остров, остров converts to 'Ostrov'.] Why this surname is most commonly found in the region of Kursk in [located in South-Western Russia] is beyond me. [Might be from some history of people immigrating from other locations in Europe named 'Ostrov' or simply from ancestors moving; possibly just given to a dweller near an island, which would also explain the popularity found in Belarus [and kind of Ukraine] as well.] Not to be confused with Polish 'Ostrowski' and 'Ostrowska', despite meaning the same thing.

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Ostrovska Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ostrovska (Russian: Островська) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Ostrovská or Ostrovška. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostrovska? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 351,607th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,027,527 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Ostrovska reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname Ostrovska is most widespread in Latvia, where it is held by 854 people, or 1 in 2,401. In Latvia Ostrovska is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 49 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 22 percent are found and Latgale, where 19 percent are found. Other than Latvia this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Bulgaria, where 5 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Ostrovska Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ostrovska last name is principally Orthodox (65%) in Ukraine.

Ostrovska earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.26% less than the national average, earning $33,114 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ostrovska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ostrovska in the Russian language
Островськаostrovska-

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