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The OSTROW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,300 19285 0 5
United States (1880 census) 3 102895 0 0
Change since 1880 +1297 +83610 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 4 172733 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for OSTROW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 258 6975 0.001 14
California 189 12321 0.001 6
Florida 135 12303 0.001 8
Massachusetts 87 8534 0.001 14
Maryland 83 6410 0.002 16
Top States for OSTROW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maryland 83 6410 0.002 16
Massachusetts 87 8534 0.001 14
New York 258 6975 0.001 14
Maine 12 10745 0.001 9
Florida 135 12303 0.001 8

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

Classification and Origin of OSTROW

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the OSTROW surname.

Ethnic distribution of OSTROW in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 27 2.08
Mixed Race 13 1
Asian/Pacific 9 0.69
White (Caucasian) 1,248 96
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

OSTROW is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of OSTROW in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of OSTROW.

Similar names to OSTROW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as OSTROW.

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 OSTROW

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