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ostrow Name Meaning and History

  1. Polish (Ostrów) and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from any of several places called Ostrów, named with ostrów ‘island’, ‘water meadow’.
  2. Jewish (American): shortened form of Ostrowski.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ostrow Families in the US in 1920
Number of ostrow families
 12-22
 5-11
 1-4
 0
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