Ostroff

English

Alternative forms

• Ostrov, Ostrova

Etymology

• As a Jewish surname, Westernized from Ostrov.
• As a Jewish and Slavic surname of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian origin, shortened from Ostrovsky.

Proper noun

Ostroff (plural Ostroffs)

1. A surname from Slavic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ostroff is the 27204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 889 individuals. Ostroff is most common among White (95.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ostroff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.