Ormsbee Surname

304,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ormsbee Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) belongingto Ormsby = Orm’s Farm or Estate [v. Orm; and + Old Norse bý-r] The 13th-cent. spelling of the various Ormsbys (Lincs, Norf., etc.) was usually Ormesby.

Ormsbee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1991:302,30127,845
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3621:138,72613,107

Ormsbee Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) belongingto Ormsby = Orm’s Farm or Estate [v. Orm; and + Old Norse bý-r] The 13th-cent. spelling of the various Ormsbys (Lincs, Norf., etc.) was usually Ormesby.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Ormesby (Orm’s homestead), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Ormsbee Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ormsbee occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ormsbee? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ormsbee is the 304,881st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,867,589 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ormsbee live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Ormsbee is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,199 people, or 1 in 302,301. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 11 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent live and Panama, where 0 percent live.

Ormsbee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ormsbee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ormsbee surname rose 331 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ormsbee Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ormsbee last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.21% being registered with the party.

The amount Ormsbee earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning $46,598 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.65% less than the national average, earning $47,372 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ormssbee931/
Ormmsbee931/
Ormsbe921/
Ormsvee862/
Ormsbey862/
Ormsber861/
Ormsbye860/
Ormsbie860/
Armsbee860/
Ormsby778,885/
Ormsba770/
Armsbe770/
Hormsby7114/
Armsbey716/
Armsbie710/
Armsber710/
Ormsboy710/
Armsby62380/
Ormcby621/
Ermsby620/
Ormsvy620/
Urmsby620/
Harmsby570/

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