Ostermann surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ostermann surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 956 people carried this name — #25,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 902 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 554 people named Ostermann.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Bas-Rhin 265
Haut-Rhin 81
Moselle 65
Meurthe-et-Moselle 29
Paris 24
Aisne 8
Oise 7
Vosges 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

73 people named Ostermann live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Vaud 13
Geneva 13
Fribourg 9
Zug 4
Thurgau 4
Aargau 4
Bern 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 21 people named Ostermann live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Ostermann,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Petrus Ostermann
    Petrus Ostermann 1595–1644 · jurist
  • Friedrich Ostermann 1684–1719 · gun smith
  • Joseph Ostermann 1804–1856 · printer
  • Johannes Ostermann 1809–1888 · politician
  • Wilhelm Ostermann 1817–1856 · jurist
  • Heinrich Christian Anton Ostermann 1819–1883 · factory owner

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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