The Hostetler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,505 people carried this name — #2,490 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,300 people counted. That is up 24% from 11,659 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hostetler was counted together with Hostater: 20 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 118 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hostater, Hastater, Hastetter, Hoastater, Horsetiter, Hosstater, Hostatler, Hostetler, Hostetter, Hotstetter. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 18
Maryland 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 246 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hostetler in American newspapers,
1910–1917.

Newspaper page from The Rathdrum Tribune carrying the name Hostetler
The Rathdrum Tribune 1910-07-08
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Hostetler
Daily Capital Journal 1917-03-03
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Hostetler
Daily Capital Journal 1917-04-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,257 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hostetler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Abraham J. Hostetler
    Abraham J. Hostetler 1818–1899 · politician
  • Joseph Hostetler 1797–1870 · writer
  • Chuck Hostetler 1903–1971 · baseball player
  • John A. Hostetler 1918–2001 · writer
  • Paul Hostetler 1921–2002 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hostetler,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States232 records

232 records of the Hostetler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 184
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Delbert W. Hostetler

    Born 1915 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; mail carrier from Fresno County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at St Peter's Cemetery, Fresno, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jimmy Neil Hostetler

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1993; buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Bridget M. Hostetler

    Born 1905 in Ireland. Registered as a foreign national in Washington, District Of Columbia, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 232 records for Hostetler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hostetler name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Charles Woodrow Hostetler

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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