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The OSTLER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,809 14995 0.001 7
United States (1880 census) 224 17716 0 4
Change since 1880 +1585 +2721 +N/A +3
Other Countries
Australia 174 8548 0.001 11
United Kingdom 662 7229 0.001 14
Top States for OSTLER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 777 362 0.035 348
California 143 18041 0.000 4
Indiana 93 8508 0.002 15
Washington 93 8473 0.002 16
Idaho 68 2974 0.005 53
Top States for OSTLER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 777 362 0.035 348
Idaho 68 2974 0.005 53
Montana 44 3240 0.005 49
Vermont 23 4505 0.004 38
Alaska 23 4540 0.004 37

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called OSTLER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called OSTLER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called OSTLER in Utah than any other state, but you are more likely to find a OSTLER by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of OSTLER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the OSTLER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the OSTLER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of OSTLER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 58 3.21
Mixed Race 11 0.61
Black/African American 6 0.33
White (Caucasian) 1,725 95.36
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the OSTLER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of OSTLER in historical publications

OASTLEPt. OSTLER. The keeper of a hostelnj or inn. How the word became degraded from master to man is not apparent.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to OSTLER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as OSTLER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for OSTLER

The following words are slight variants of OSTLER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.