Ostic

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians

/ɑstɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ostic is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cuba than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2M(measured from records)
  • CUCuba≈1 in 29K
  • HRCroatia1 in 85K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Cuba (inferred from the name graph)

≈380 people, est.

Sources
78 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)

Cuba, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ostic 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.

Where Ostic is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CU Cuba≈380 est.≈1 in 29K—Ostic2
US United States1701 in 2M180Ostic78
HR Croatia501 in 85K50——
GT Guatemala≈29 est.≈1 in 592K—Ostic1
CA Canada≈26 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Ostic18
AT Austria≈13 est.≈1 in 692K—Ostic3
IE Ireland≈5 est.≈1 in 999K—Ostic1

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ostic is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian

    Also written Ostić, Остић

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ostić

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ostic is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Romanian, eastern

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, ÓSTIC, -Ă, ostici, -ce, adj. (Rar) De răsărit, estic.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ostic,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Ostic
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000180#94,227
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010170#105,079
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020161#115,151
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Ostic mean, and where does it come from?
Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ostic?
A machine transcription gives /ɑstɪk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ostic have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 380 people named Ostic in Cuba, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ostic.
How common is the name Ostic?
In the United States, the national register counted 170 people named Ostic in 2010, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.

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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, “Ostic”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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