1897 census surname
Ostrovsky
According to Rootera’s index, 506 people recorded as Ostrovsky or related archive spellings were found across 132 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Izvaltas Parish, Maltas (Rozentovas) Parish, and Andrupenes Parish.
Spelling forms
This page groups spelling variants associated with the same surname. Archive forms come directly from the indexed census records; Western spellings are included to support family-history research.
Where the surname appears
- Izvaltas Parish211
- Maltas (Rozentovas) Parish61
- Andrupenes Parish31
- Jasmuižas Parish26
- Balvu Parish23
- Dvinsk22
- Ružinas (Tiskādu) Parish20
- Kapiņu Parish15
- Naujenes (Maļinovas) Parish15
- Rezhitsa13
- Lutzin12
- Rēznas (Rozenmuižas) Parish11
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Островская” and “Островский”, with “ostrovskaja”, “ostrovski”, and “ostrovskij” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Ostrovsky” and “Ostrowski”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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