Ostby Family History
Ostby Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from any of about forty farmsteads,
mostly in southeastern Norway, named Østby or Austby, from Old
Norse Austbýr, a compound of aust ‘east’ +
býr ‘farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Ostby Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ostby families
 24 - 45  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ostby families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Ostby last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ostby census records
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Ostby Family Origin
Ostby Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Ostby
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Ostby Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Ostby census records
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Military Service by Ostby
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