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    The surname Ostrowski

    A Polish surname, carried by 7,005 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O236

    Ostrowski: #5,015 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ostrowski #5,015, 7,005 people Ostrowski: #5,015 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ostrowski #5,015, 7,005 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ostrowski is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

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

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,005 people named Ostrowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,075 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,980.

    #5,015
    rank among US surnames
    7,005
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,647)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,006Tarr7,02143,975
    #5,007Butt7,02043,981
    #5,009Carrasquillo7,01544,012
    #5,010Varghese7,01344,025
    #5,011McBee7,01144,037
    #5,012Fried7,01044,044
    #5,013Macon7,00844,056

    Who is named Ostrowski

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

    96% of people named Ostrowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ostrowskis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Ostrowski
      Austrian actor, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ostrowski

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

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ostrowski come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Ostrowski. Compare Ostrow, Ostrowsky, Ostrovsky.
    How common is the surname Ostrowski?
    7,005 people in the United States had the surname Ostrowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,075 Americans. It ranked 5,015th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ostrowski?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ostrowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ostrowski?
    Michael Ostrowski, Austrian actor.
    Where is the surname Ostrowski most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ostrowski in Austria.
    Is the surname Ostrowski getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,005 in 2010, up 0.4%.