van Ost Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

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

van Ost Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Ost Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

van Ost Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Ost is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of van Ost click here.

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

van Ost is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of van Ost reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name van Ost is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 48 percent reside, New Jersey, where 26 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 8 percent reside.

van Ost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van Ost has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Ost last name rose 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 van Ost
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