Ormsby Surname

57,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,885 people bear this surname

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

Ormsby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ormsby,' parishes in the Dioceses of York, Lincoln, and Norwich. The meaning is manifestly the by or dwelling of Orme (v. Orme). It is now becoming recognized that a large proportion of our place-names are compounded with the personal name of the original settler.

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Ormsby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7901:75,6708,668
Australia1,0191:26,4923,600
New Zealand9481:4,777770
England8061:69,1297,983
Jamaica5391:5,325682
Canada2531:145,63514,918
Ireland2411:19,5392,033
Scotland931:57,5684,778
Northern Ireland411:45,0013,962
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
France61:11,070,454349,096
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2411:18,3812,224
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3111:78,3778,472
Scotland521:71,9854,169
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2051:41,6754,877

Ormsby (49) may also be a first name.

Ormsby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ormsby,' parishes in the Dioceses of York, Lincoln, and Norwich. The meaning is manifestly the by or dwelling of Orme (v. Orme). It is now becoming recognized that a large proportion of our place-names are compounded with the personal name of the original settler. Ormsbee is a natural Americanism (compare Applebee).

William de Ormesby, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Ormesby, Lincolnshire, ibid.

William de Ormesby, Cambridgeshire 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Thomas de Ormesby, Norfolk, 1324. Writs of Parliament.

1685. John Ormsby and Elizabeth Kingdon: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1761. Married — Arthur Ormsby, Esq., and Elizabeth Greene: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(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

Parishes, &c., in cos. York, Norfolk, Lincoln, &c. The family claim a Norman origin, and the extinct baronets' ancestors were for several centuries seated in Ireland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From orme, an elm, and by, a town; a name of a place surrounded by elms.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Of Lincoln, a branch of the house of De Bayeux, of Normandy. Roger de Bayhus, or Bayeux de Ormsby made grants at Ormsby to Osney Abbey, Oxford (Mon. ii. 151), as did Reginald Bayhus (Ib.).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Ormsby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ormsby is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ormsby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ormsby is the 57,016th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 820,208 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Ormsby live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. Ormsby is also the 1,430,306th most common first name at a global level It is held by 49 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4,790 people, or 1 in 75,670. In The United States Ormsby is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 11 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 40 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent are found and New Zealand, where 11 percent are found.

Ormsby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ormsby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ormsby last name expanded 398 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 259 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 179 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ormsby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (53%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Ormsby surname are 19.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.6% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ormsby earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 26% more than the national average, earning R 299,412 per year; in United States they earn 5.12% more than the national average, earning $45,357 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.63% more than the national average, earning $54,466 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hormsby9214/
Ormsbey922/
Ormsboy920/
Armsby83380/
Ormsbe831/
Ormcby831/
Ormsba830/
Ermsby830/
Ormsvy830/
Urmsby830/
Ormsbee771,242/
Armsbey776/
Ormsber771/
Ormsbie770/
Harmsby770/
Ormssbee711/
Ormmsbee711/
Armsbe670/
Ormsvee622/
Armsbie620/
Armsber620/
Armsbee620/

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