Østergaard
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/øsd̥ɐɡ̊aɑˀd̥/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Østergaard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country, where it is the 28th most common surname.
- DKDenmark1 in 533(measured from records)
- NONorway1 in 26K
- GLGreenland≈1 in 40K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Østergaard itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Denmark (measured from records)
- Sources
- 87 (measured from records)
- 1 in 533 (inferred from the name graph)
11,018 people
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
2 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Oestergaard in US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Østergaard counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | #28 | 11,018 | 1 in 533 | 11K | Østergaard | 87 |
| NO Norway | — | 214 | 1 in 26K | 214 | Østergaard | 17 |
| SE Sweden | — | 34 | 1 in 300K | 34 | Østergaard | 11 |
| US United States | — | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 18M | listed | Oestergaard | 46 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 4.2M | 18 | Østergaard | 16 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | listed | — | 3 |
| GL Greenland | #23 | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Østergaard | 5 |
11,018 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Knud Østergaardb. 1922DKDanish politician (1922-1993)
- Lise Østergaardb. 1924DKDanish psychologist and minister (1924-1996)
- Wedell Østergaardb. 1924DKDanish cyclist (1924-1995)
- Anders Østergaardb. 1965DKDanish director
- Morten Østergaardb. 1976DKDanish politician
- Jan Ø. Jørgensenb. 1987DKnot in their usual namebadminton player
- Niki Østergaardb. 1988DKDanish racing cyclist, born 1988
- Christoffer Østergaardb. 1993DKDanish association football player
- Kathrine Larsenb. 1993DKnot in their usual nameDanish association football player
- Maja Bay Østergaardb. 1998DKDanish association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 11K | #36 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 214 | #7,379 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 34 | #17,253 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Østergaard?
- A machine transcription gives /øsd̥ɐɡ̊aɑˀd̥/ (IPA) for Danish.
- In which country does Østergaard have the most bearers?
- In Denmark, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Østergaard, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled østergaard.
- Where is Østergaard most common?
- Østergaard is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 533 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Østergaard?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 11,018 people named Østergaard, about 1 in 533 residents.
- How common is Østergaard compared with other names?
- In Denmark, Østergaard is the 28th most common surname of 88,366 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Østergaard?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%B8stergaardThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Østergaard” — the 28th most common surname in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.