Find out how popular the last name Osland is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Osland.

Osland, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Osland surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Osland in America

Osland is the 45105th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Osland surname appeared 475 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Osland.

We can also compare 2010 data for Osland to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Osland

The surname Osland is of Norwegian origin, and it can be traced back to the Middle Ages in the coastal regions of western Norway. The name is believed to have derived from the Old Norse words "ost" and "land," which together mean "eastern land" or "land of the east." This suggests that the earliest bearers of this surname may have come from the eastern parts of Norway.

The first recorded mention of the name Osland can be found in the Diplomatarium Norvegicum, a collection of medieval Norwegian documents dating back to the 13th century. In this collection, there is a reference to a man named Olaf Osland, who lived in the town of Bergen in the year 1275.

One of the earliest documented individuals with the Osland surname was Halvard Osland, a Norwegian farmer and landowner who lived in the 15th century. He was mentioned in several records related to land disputes and transactions in the region of Hordaland, which is located in western Norway.

In the 16th century, the name Osland appeared in the census records of the Danish-Norwegian kingdom, indicating that the name had spread to other parts of the Scandinavian region. One notable figure from this period was Bjørn Osland, a merchant and ship owner from the town of Stavanger, who was born in 1542 and died in 1612.

During the 17th century, several members of the Osland family emigrated from Norway to other parts of Europe and the Americas. One such individual was Hans Osland, who was born in 1622 in Bergen and later settled in the Dutch colony of New Netherland (present-day New York) in the 1650s.

Another notable figure with the Osland surname was Ingrid Osland, a Norwegian author and playwright who lived from 1767 to 1837. She was known for her contributions to the development of Norwegian literature and her works that portrayed the lives of ordinary people in rural Norway.

Throughout the centuries, the Osland name has been associated with various occupations and professions, including farmers, merchants, sailors, and writers. While the name originated in Norway, it has since spread to other parts of the world due to migration and settlement patterns.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Osland

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Osland.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Osland was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Osland has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Osland was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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