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

The Ostertag surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 969 people carried this name — #25,503 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 895 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,044 people named Ostertag 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 463
Santa Fe 186
Córdoba 158
Chaco 80
La Pampa 48
Río Negro 41
Neuquén 21
City of Buenos Aires 19

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

351 people named Ostertag live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 74
Valais 60
Fribourg 45
Zurich 35
Aargau 29
Geneva 27
Thurgau 16
Bern 14

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 294 people named Ostertag.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bas-Rhin 188
Paris 13
Haut-Rhin 13
Vosges 11
Yvelines 9
Var 9
Moselle 7
Seine-Maritime 6

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

Who carried it

People named Ostertag,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Valentin Ostertag
    Valentin Ostertag 1450–1507 · jurist
  • Jost Vinzenz Ostertag
    Jost Vinzenz Ostertag 1805–1860 · teacher
  • Hans Jakob Ostertag 1629–1650
  • Marie-Eve Ostertag 1738–1812
  • Wilhelm Friedrich Ostertag 1768–1845 · Lutheran pastor
  • Wilhelm Ostertag 1788–1842 · architect

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

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