# Ostrow (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ostrow/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,553 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 254,951 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.8% (1,300 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ostrov, Ostroff |

## Etymology

Jewish and Polish surname Ostrów, from several placenames derived from ostrów (“river island”). Also shortened from Ostrowski.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ostrow in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Oster, Ostrander, Ostrowski, Ostrom, Osterhout, Osterhoudt, Ostroff, Ostrovsky, Osterman, Oestreich, Osterberg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.