Östman Surname

101,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,655 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Östman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Östman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden3,5671:2,761262
Finland1,0511:5,230832
Norway271:190,45522,163
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
England11:55,718,059489,080
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Ostman (1,106) are calculated separately.

Östman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Östman is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Ostman. Click here to see other potential spellings of Östman.

How Common Is The Last Name Östman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 101,451st most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,565,531 people. Östman occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Östman live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Östman is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 3,567 people, or 1 in 2,761. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 22 percent reside, Västernorrland County, where 20 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 8 percent reside. Other than Sweden Östman is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 23 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Östman Last Name Statistics demography

Östman earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 17.82% more than the national average, earning 407,735 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ostman941,106/
Höstman9287/
Östmann9232/
Höstmann8612/
Astman83132/
Estman83121/
Ostmann771,954/
Oestman77173/
Hostman77173/
Hastman77145/
Astmann7781/
Esstman7740/
Osthman7729/
Aestman777/
Hestman777/
Osttman772/
Asthman771/
Ahstman770/
Estmann770/
Oestmann711,755/
Hostmann71183/
Hestmann7154/
Hastmann7131/
Hashtman714/
Esthmann711/
Eustmann711/
Asthmayn711/
Heshtman711/
Azstmann710/
Hoestman710/
Hoestmann671/
Hosstmann671/
Aztman671/
Haschtmann6337/
Ostmein628/
Oestmonn571/

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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 Östman
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