# Ostrowski (surname)

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

A surname from Polish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,005 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,015 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,075 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (6,980 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Ostrowski. Compare Ostrow, Ostrowsky, Ostrovsky.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ostrowski 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ostrowski in Austria.

## People named Ostrowski

- Michael Ostrowski, Austrian actor

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.