van Oostrom Surname

380,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 936 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Oostrom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Oostrom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands8861:19,0602,975
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

van Oostrom Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Oostrom is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Oostrom? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 380,890th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,785,840 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of van Oostrom live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 886 people, or 1 in 19,060. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Utrecht, where 28 percent live, South Holland, where 23 percent live and North Holland, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

van Oostrom Last Name Statistics demography

van Oostrom earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.04% less than the national average, earning R 118,716 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Ostrom9511/
van Oostrum911,402/
van Oostron913/
van Ostrum860/
van Ostram860/
van Ostran7642/
Van Ostrand7390/
van Hostrand701/
van Astrand640/
von Ostrant640/

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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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  • 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 van Oostrom
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