Ostrow Surname

189,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,235 people bear this surname

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

Ostrow Surname Definition:

(from a place name) There are hundreds of villages and towns in Russia and Poland named Ostrow, from which the family names Ostrow and Ostrower are derived.

Ostrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1081:171,94417,341
Canada541:682,32655,162
Israel371:231,28721,601
Finland121:458,05828,977
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Ostrów (2) are calculated separately.

Ostrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) There are hundreds of villages and towns in Russia and Poland named Ostrow, from which the family names Ostrow and Ostrower are derived.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Ostrow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ostrow is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Ostrów. Click here for other potential spellings of Ostrow.

How Common Is The Last Name Ostrow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 189,068th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,260,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Ostrow live; 97 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2,108 people, or 1 in 171,944. In The United States Ostrow is most prevalent in: New York, where 22 percent are found, California, where 16 percent are found and Florida, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States Ostrow occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Israel, where 2 percent are found.

Ostrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ostrow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ostrow last name expanded 70,267 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ostrow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ostrow surname are 41.97% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.2% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ostrow earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 33.18% more than the national average, earning $57,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.29% more than the national average, earning $55,790 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostrów942/
Ostrowe9270/
Ostrov831,687/
Astrow8353/
Ostraw8330/
Ostrof8317/
Estrow8312/
Ostrob834/
Ostroff771,787/
Ostrova77876/
Gastrow7792/
Ostrofe7733/
Ostroph7715/
Gostrov7710/
Austrow773/
O'Straw772/
Ostrovs772/
Ostroev771/
Gostrova7160/
Ostrophe712/
Osėtrova711/
Oostrhof711/
Astrov67281/
Astrof6768/
Estrov6730/
Estraw6718/
D'Ostroph6716/
Ustrov6712/
Ostrovova677/
Estrof676/
Ostruf672/

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