How common is the surname Olmstead?

8,021 people in the United States had the surname Olmstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,492 Americans. It ranked 4,430th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Olmstead?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Olmstead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Olmstead?

Gertrude Olmstead, actress (1897-1975), followed by Albert T. Olmstead.

Where is the surname Olmstead most common?

Wikidata records people named Olmstead in the United States.

Is the surname Olmstead getting more or less common?

More common. 7,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,021 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Olmstead

A surname, carried by 8,021 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olmstead is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,021 people named Olmstead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,492 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,859.

#4,430

rank among US surnames

8,021

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,181)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,421	Castellon	8,041	38,396
#4,422	Dellinger	8,040	38,401
#4,423	Leo	8,039	38,406
#4,424	Shinn	8,038	38,411
#4,425	Bogan	8,034	38,430
#4,426	Steinmetz	8,032	38,439
#4,427	Budd	8,026	38,468

Who is named Olmstead

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Olmstead identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Olmsteads

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gertrude Olmstead
Actress (1897-1975)
Albert T. Olmstead
American historian (1880–1945)
Matt Olmstead
American television writer and producer, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Olmstead

Olmstead has the Soundex code O452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O452.

Questions

How common is the surname Olmstead?: 8,021 people in the United States had the surname Olmstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,492 Americans. It ranked 4,430th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Olmstead?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Olmstead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Olmstead?: Gertrude Olmstead, actress (1897-1975), followed by Albert T. Olmstead.
Where is the surname Olmstead most common?: Wikidata records people named Olmstead in the United States.
Is the surname Olmstead getting more or less common?: More common. 7,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,021 in 2010, up 2.1%.