How common is the surname Osterman?

3,256 people in the United States had the surname Osterman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,824 Americans. It ranked 9,919th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Osterman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Osterman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Osterman getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,256 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Osterman

A surname, carried by 3,256 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Osterman is more common than 93.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,256 people named Osterman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,824 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,278.

#9,919

rank among US surnames

3,256

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,149)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,910	Everly	3,262	94,649
#9,912	Mijares	3,259	94,736
#9,917	Deem	3,258	94,765
#9,919	McCully	3,256	94,824
#9,923	Guay	3,255	94,853
#9,924	Lagos	3,254	94,882
#9,925	Krone	3,253	94,911

Who is named Osterman

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

94% of people named Osterman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Osterman

Osterman 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 Osterman?: 3,256 people in the United States had the surname Osterman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,824 Americans. It ranked 9,919th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Osterman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Osterman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Osterman getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,256 in 2010, down 0.7%.