Last Name OSTER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Jewish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 5,534 (2000 US census) 5,700 (1990 US census)
Count 5,771 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.53%, or 5513 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.66%, or 38 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.57%, or 33 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.47%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.2%, or 69 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.58%, or 91 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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