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Oster

in Iowa

There are 91 people with the last name "Oster" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Oster 4,219
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  1. is 4,215th most common Mork
  2. is 4,216th most common Morrill
  3. is 4,217th most common Mulligan
  4. is 4,218th most common Munger
  5. is 4,219th most common Oster
  6. is 4,220th most common Pfantz
  7. is 4,221st most common Pickens
  8. is 4,222nd most common Puck
  9. is 4,223rd most common Rempe

Most Common First Names for Oster

Bob, Bill, Robert, Ardell, Ernest, Frederick, George, Kenneth, Larry, Mark

Meaning & History

Swedish (Öster) and German: topographic name from Swedish öster, Middle Low German and Middle High German ōster ‘eastern’, denoting someone who lived to the east of a settlement or who had come there from the east. In many cases the Swedish name is probably ornamental.

German: nickname for someone who had a connection with the festival of Easter (for example, someone who was born or baptized at that time), from Oster ‘Easter’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic or ornamental name from German Ost ‘east’ or ornamental name from German Oster ‘Easter’; compare 1 and 3.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname from Polish ostry or Russian ostryj ‘sharp’, ‘sharp-minded’.

Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of aust ‘east’ + heri, hari ‘army’.

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