How common is the surname Osier?

941 people in the United States had the surname Osier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 328,104 Americans. It ranked 26,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Osier?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Osier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Osier getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 941 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Osier

A French surname, carried by 941 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Osier is more common than 83.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Osier, from the noun osier (“willow tree”). Also altered from Auger and Ager. Compare Losier.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 941 people named Osier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 328,104 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,070.

#26,042

rank among US surnames

941

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-12.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,443)

Who is named Osier

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

93% of people named Osier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Osier

Osier has the Soundex code O260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O260.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Osier come from?: Borrowed from French Osier, from the noun osier (“willow tree”). Also altered from Auger and Ager. Compare Losier.
How common is the surname Osier?: 941 people in the United States had the surname Osier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 328,104 Americans. It ranked 26,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Osier?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Osier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Osier getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 941 in 2010, down 12%.