How common is the surname Ostendorf?

1,772 people in the United States had the surname Ostendorf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ostendorf?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ostendorf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ostendorf getting more or less common?

More common. 1,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Ostendorf

A surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ostendorf is more common than 90% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,772 people named Ostendorf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,719.

#16,273

rank among US surnames

1,772

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,611)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137
#16,273	Layden	1,772	174,236

Who is named Ostendorf

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

97% of people named Ostendorf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

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 Ostendorf

Osteen

Ostendorf has the Soundex code O235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O235.

Questions

How common is the surname Ostendorf?: 1,772 people in the United States had the surname Ostendorf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ostendorf?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ostendorf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ostendorf getting more or less common?: More common. 1,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 3.1%.