# Astor (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/astor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 807 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,309 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 382,584 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (802 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Name of John Jacob Astor (1763–1848), born in Walldorf, near Heidelsberg, in the Electoral Palatinate. Astor was the descendant of Savoyard Waldensians who had fled to Germany in the preceding century. Likely from the Occitan astur "hawk".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Astor in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Astor in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Astor

- Mary Astor, American actress and author (1906–1987)
- John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel 
- Madeleine Astor, American socialite and Titanic survivor (1893-1940)
- Gertrude Astor, American actress (1887-1977)
- Brooke Astor, American philanthropist, socialite, and writer (1902–2007)
- William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, American politician (1848-1919)
- Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, American socialite (1830–1908)
- Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor (1879-1952)
- William Backhouse Astor, Sr., American businessman (1792-1875)
- Vincent Astor, American businessman and art collector (1891–1959)
- William Backhouse Astor, Jr., American businessman, yachtsman, and racehorse owner/breeder

## Similar surnames

Astorga, Akhtar, Akter, Akhter, Austria, Austria-Este.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.