How common is the surname Ostrom?

3,485 people in the United States had the surname Ostrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,593 Americans. It ranked 9,343rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ostrom?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ostrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ostrom?

Elinor Ostrom, American political economist (1933-2012), followed by John Ostrom.

Where is the surname Ostrom most common?

Wikidata records people named Ostrom in the United States.

Is the surname Ostrom getting more or less common?

More common. 3,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,485 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Ostrom

A Swedish surname, carried by 3,485 people in the United States.

2 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). Ostrom is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Öström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ö (“island”) and ström (“stream”).

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,485 people named Ostrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,593 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,441.

#9,343

rank among US surnames

3,485

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,779)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,334	Navarrette	3,489	88,491
#9,337	Korman	3,488	88,516
#9,338	Vallejos	3,487	88,542
#9,343	Ostrom	3,485	88,593
#9,344	Lampert	3,484	88,618
#9,345	Helfrich	3,482	88,669
#9,347	Schuyler	3,480	88,720

Who is named Ostrom

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

95% of people named Ostrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ostroms

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elinor Ostrom
American political economist (1933-2012)
John Ostrom
American paleontologist (1928-2005)
Meredith Ostrom
American actress, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ostrom

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

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ostrom come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Öström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ö (“island”) and ström (“stream”).
How common is the surname Ostrom?: 3,485 people in the United States had the surname Ostrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,593 Americans. It ranked 9,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ostrom?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ostrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ostrom?: Elinor Ostrom, American political economist (1933-2012), followed by John Ostrom.
Where is the surname Ostrom most common?: Wikidata records people named Ostrom in the United States.
Is the surname Ostrom getting more or less common?: More common. 3,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,485 in 2010, up 1.3%.