The Hostetter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,960 people carried this name — #6,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,798 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 48 people named Hostetter.

Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Haut-Rhin 32
Bas-Rhin 6
Ardèche 2
Moselle 2
Rhône 2
Territoire de Belfort 2
Aube 1
Paris 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hostetter 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

Hostetter in American newspapers,
1863–1899.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hostetter
Evening Star 1899-08-19
Newspaper page from New York Dispatch carrying the name Hostetter
New York Dispatch 1863-10-25
Newspaper page from New York Dispatch carrying the name Hostetter
New York Dispatch 1863-10-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 163,026 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hostetter in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1930s.

36 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hostetter. The most, 10, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Queensland 10
Victoria 5
South Australia 3
Tasmania 3
Western Australia 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hostetter.

Who carried it

People named Hostetter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Allene Tew
    Allene Tew 1872–1955 · socialite
  • Jacob Hostetter Jr. d. 1868 · judge
  • Jacob Hostetter 1754–1831 · politician
  • Amy Susette Hostetter 1858–1941
  • David Herbert Hostetter 1859–1924
  • Greta Hostetter 1892–1918

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hostetter,
in the records of 4 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 States274 records

274 records of the Hostetter name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 173
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ira E. Hostetter

    Born 1922 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1944 at Harrisburg; farmer from Lancaster County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Caroline Hostetter

    Arrived at New York in 1893 aboard the Noordland from Antwerp, aged 20; servant. From Bern, Switzerland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stuart Glen Hostetter

    Born 1950; from Alexandria, Louisiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Vinh Binh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 274 records for Hostetter in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France20 records

20 records of the Hostetter name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Leon Hostetter

    Born 1897 in Balschwiller; died 1976 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lucie Hostetter

    Born 1910 in Saint-Amarin; died 1991 in Oderen (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alphonse Hostetter

    Born 1909 in Lutterbach; died 1979 in Pfastatt (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Hostetter in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hostetter 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 Theodore Rickey Hostetter

    Died in service in 1918.

    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).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Hostetter name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Fritz Hostetter

    From Medelwitz, Skeuditz. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 2 October 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 229).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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