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

Ostroski, 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 Ostroski surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ostroski in America

Ostroski is the 31960th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ostroski surname appeared 722 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 Ostroski.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ostroski 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 Ostroski

The surname Ostroski is of Polish origin, originating from the region of Ostroska in the eastern part of the country. It likely dates back to the 15th century or earlier, derived from the Old Polish word "ostrog," meaning "spur" or "pointed object."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a 16th-century Polish chronicle, which mentions a nobleman named Jan Ostroski who fought in the Battle of Orsha in 1514. During this period, surnames were becoming more widespread among the Polish nobility and upper classes.

In the 17th century, the name appears in various historical records, including a 1625 document that references a Katarzyna Ostroska, a landowner in the Lublin region of eastern Poland. Another notable figure from this era was Mikołaj Ostroski (1593-1663), a Polish military commander who fought in the Smolensk War against Russia.

The 18th century saw the rise of several prominent individuals bearing the Ostroski name, such as Franciszek Ostroski (1723-1784), a Polish nobleman and politician who served as a member of the Sejm, the Polish parliament. Another notable figure was Józef Ostroski (1763-1831), a Polish general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

In the 19th century, the Ostroski name continued to be well-represented among the Polish nobility and intelligentsia. One example is Władysław Ostroski (1837-1905), a Polish writer and journalist who founded several literary magazines and was active in the Polish independence movement.

As the name suggests, the Ostroski surname is closely tied to the Ostroska region in eastern Poland, where it likely originated from a specific town or village. However, over time, the name spread to other parts of the country and beyond, carried by individuals and families who migrated or established new branches of the family line.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ostroski

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

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 Ostroski 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 Ostroski 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 Ostroski was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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