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    The surname Osterhout

    A surname, carried by 2,288 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O236

    Osterhout: #13,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Osterhout #13,330, 2,288 people Osterhout: #13,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Osterhout #13,330, 2,288 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Osterhout is more common than 91.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,288 people named Osterhout in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,941 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,195.

    #13,330
    rank among US surnames
    2,288
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,851)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,322Trumbull2,290134,823
    #13,326Lamotte2,289134,882
    #13,330Bothwell2,288134,941
    #13,334Korb2,287135,000
    #13,338Saxena2,286135,059

    Who is named Osterhout

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

    94% of people named Osterhout identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Osterhout

    Osterhout has the Soundex code O236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Osterhout?
    2,288 people in the United States had the surname Osterhout in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,941 Americans. It ranked 13,330th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Osterhout?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Osterhout identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Osterhout getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,288 in 2010, up 4.2%.