Östh Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Östh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Östh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden3101:31,7642,595
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Osth (47) are calculated separately.

Östh Last Name Facts

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

Östh (Arabic: اوسطه) is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Osth. For other possible spellings of Östh click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Östh? popularity and diffusion

The surname Östh is the 849,693rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Östh live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Östh is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 31,764. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 24 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 11 percent live and Uppsala County, where 11 percent live. Beside Sweden it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Östh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Östh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Östh surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osth9247/
Öst861,487/
Asth75309/
Höst7596/
Öste7538/
Ösch7527/
Esth7514/
Öjst756/
Hösch671,475/
Ös67447/
Hasth6748/
Hosth6724/
Östås674/
Oesth671/
Höste671/
Ashth671/
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Östh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Östh in the Arabic language
اوسطهawsth-

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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 Östh
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