Ormrod Surname

221,215th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Ormrod Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ormerod,' i.e. Ormeroyd; Orme's ridding or clearing; v. Orme and Royd, and compare Murgatroyd, i.e. Margaret's clearing. Ormerod is in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire.

'Ormerod is a house of great antiquity, which remained in the family of that name from 1311 until 1793': Baines' History of Lancashire.

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Ormrod Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2821:43,4625,527
New Zealand1391:32,5785,680
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
Canada961:383,80834,152
Australia891:303,32226,493
Wales291:106,7088,358
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
China31:455,773,85521,925
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9611:25,3653,499
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Ormrod Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ormerod,' i.e. Ormeroyd; Orme's ridding or clearing; v. Orme and Royd, and compare Murgatroyd, i.e. Margaret's clearing. Ormerod is in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire.

'Ormerod is a house of great antiquity, which remained in the family of that name from 1311 until 1793': Baines' History of Lancashire.

1593. John Ormerod, of Gamblestde: Wills at Chester.

1600. George Ormerod, of Crawshaw Booth: ibid.

1732. Married — Peter Ormred and Isabel Davis: St. George, Hanover Square.

1784. Laurence Ormerod, of Ormerod, Lancashire, to Martha Anne Leghe: East Chcs.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) belonging to Ormerod (Lancs), early-14th-cent. Ormerode = Orm’s Clearing [v. Orm; and + Old Norse ruð, a clearing in a wood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

See the observations under Royd and Rodd. "The first syllable Orme is a common Saxon and Norman name; the second syllable Rode, (pronounced Royde in Yorkshire) is correctly explained by Dr. Whitaker (Hist, of Whalley) as the preterite of 'rid,' - a ridding, clearing, or essart-locus exsertus. It occurs in the neighbourhood of English forests and chases from Yorkshire to Devonshire. The import of the name, then, is the Rode of Orme, the land reclaimed by him or his predecessors, from the forest. The local name was assumed in or before the reign of Henry II." Ormerod is in the parish of Whalley, co. Lancaster.-Ormerod's Parentalia.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The ancient gentle family of Ormerod resided at Ormerod House, Whalley parish, from 1311 to 1793: amongst the branches of this family are the Ormerods of Bury during last century, and the Ormerods of Gambleside: Oliver Ormerod, of the parent stock, was a noted polemical writer in the reign of James I. (B.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Ormrod Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ormrod Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ormrod occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ormrod? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 221,215th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,949,889 people. Ormrod occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Ormrod are found; 72 percent are found in Northern Europe and 72 percent are found in British Isles.

Ormrod is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 1,282 people, or 1 in 43,462. In England Ormrod is most common in: Greater Manchester, where 29 percent live, Merseyside, where 12 percent live and Lancashire, where 10 percent live. Besides England Ormrod exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Ormrod Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ormrod has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Ormrod last name grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 269 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 483 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ormrod Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ormrod surname are 22.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.7% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ormrod earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 112.77% more than the national average, earning R 505,620 per year; in United States they earn 42.79% more than the national average, earning $61,613 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.38% more than the national average, earning $53,844 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ormroyd920/
Ormrot831/
Armrod830/
Ormrad830/
Armroyd770/
Garmroud7169/
Armruo673/
Armros672/
Ormraz671/
Garmrad621/
Garmroth5717/
Armra551/

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