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English
Etymology 1
See east and man.
Noun
Ostman (plural Ostmen)
- (archaic, historical) One of the Danish settlers in Ireland.
1767, George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton, The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, page 337:Reginald Macgillemory, an Ostman of great power in that county, and who had lands on the coast adjoining to the city, […]
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Swedish Östman.
Proper noun
Ostman (plural Ostmans)
- A surname from Swedish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ostman is the 33695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 676 individuals. Ostman is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.
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