Explore the Family Name Bostelman

The meaning of Bostelman

Americanized form of North German Bostelmann, itself a variant of Borstelmann: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Borstel in northern Germany. Some characteristic forenames: German Eldor, Otto, Winfried.

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How common is the last name Bostelman in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Bostelman has seen a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Its ranking moved from 42,134 in 2000 to 43,511 in 2010, indicating a drop of approximately 3.27%. Despite this decrease in rank, the count of individuals with the Bostelman surname increased by 2.27% during the same period, moving from 485 people in 2000 to 496 in 2010. However, when considering its proportion per 100,000 people, there was a decrease of about 5.56%, from 0.18 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,134	#43,511	-3.27%
Count	485	496	2.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bostelman

The ethnic identity associated with the Bostelman surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, remained largely consistent between 2000 and 2010. In both years, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although there was a slight decrease of 0.57% over the decade, from 97.32% in 2000 to 96.77% in 2010. Notably, there was an emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010, which was not present in the 2000 data. There was no recorded change among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.32%	96.77%	-0.57%
Hispanic	0%	1.61%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%