How common is the surname Ostrow?

1,211 people in the United States had the surname Ostrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. It ranked 21,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ostrow?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ostrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ostrow getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,211 in 2010, down 6.8%.

The surname Ostrow

A surname, carried by 1,211 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). Ostrow is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,211 people named Ostrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,300.

#21,553

rank among US surnames

1,211

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,285)

Who is named Ostrow

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

95% of people named Ostrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ostrov
Ostroff

Surnames that sound like Ostrow

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

Questions

Where does the surname Ostrow come from?: Jewish and Polish surname Ostrów, from several placenames derived from ostrów (“river island”). Also shortened from Ostrowski.
How common is the surname Ostrow?: 1,211 people in the United States had the surname Ostrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. It ranked 21,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ostrow?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ostrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ostrow getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,211 in 2010, down 6.8%.
What are other spellings of Ostrow?: Ostrov and Ostroff.