Orrell Surname
Approximately 4,570 people bear this surname
Orrell Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Orrell,' a township in the parish of Wigan, Lancashire The suffix, as will be seen below, is -hull, i.e. -hill.
'Richard de Horul in the reign of Richard I. held half a carucate in thanage': Baines' Lancashire.
Read More About This SurnameOrrell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,381 | 1:152,230 | 15,634 |
| England | 1,474 | 1:37,801 | 4,927 |
| Australia | 267 | 1:101,107 | 11,415 |
| Canada | 174 | 1:211,756 | 20,505 |
| Sweden | 72 | 1:136,761 | 9,670 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Gibraltar | 13 | 1:2,612 | 585 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,115 | 1:21,861 | 3,091 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 389 | 1:129,097 | 12,418 |
The alternate forms: Orréll (2) are calculated separately.
Orrell (99) may also be a first name.
Orrell Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Orrell,' a township in the parish of Wigan, Lancashire The suffix, as will be seen below, is -hull, i.e. -hill.
'Richard de Horul in the reign of Richard I. held half a carucate in thanage': Baines' Lancashire.
'In 32 Edward I. Robert de Holand had a charter for free warren in Holand, Hale, Orhull, and Martian': ibid.
(a) 'Of Orrell,' a township in the parish of Sephton, Lancashire.
'In 13 Edward III. Henry Blundell, of Crosby, gave to William, his son, all his property in Rainil, Orel, Downlitherland, Thornton, and Sephton': Baines' Lancashire.
The surname passed over the border into Cheshire, and is well known there and in Lancashire.
Peter Orrell, Lancashire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1602. William Orrell, of Wigan: Wills at Chester.
1610. Alexander Orrell, of Orrell, parish of Wigan: ibid.
1781. Married — Anthony Holmes and Ann Orrell: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging to Orrell (Lancs2), 13th cent. Orhul, Horhul, Orul, Orhil, Orhill, etc.[The second element is the Middle English hil, hul, etc., Old English hyll, a hill: and if the identifications of the Domesday Otegrimele and Otringemele with the Wigan and Sefton Orrell respectively are correct Ormay be the attenuated representative of the Scandinavian pers. names 0ðgrim or Auðgrim and Ottaring (-ing, ‘son’ suff.); although Otringemele implies as second element the Old Norse mel-r, ‘a stretch of sand’]
A location name in Lancashire.
Orrell Demographics
Average Male Orrell Height
177.68 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Orrell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orrell Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orrell is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Orréll. Click here for other possible spellings of Orrell.
How Common Is The Last Name Orrell? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 102,974th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,594,649 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Orrell are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Orrell is also the 951,070th most widespread given name globally. It is borne by 99 people.
The surname Orrell is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,381 people, or 1 in 152,230. In The United States Orrell is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 13 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in England, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Orrell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Orrell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Orrell last name rose 612 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 132 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 480 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Orrell Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Orrell surname is principally Catholic (73%) in Ireland.
In The United States Orrell are 12.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.35% registered with the party.
The amount Orrell earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 15.56% more than the national average, earning R 274,608 per year; in United States they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $44,337 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.47% less than the national average, earning $48,456 CAD per year.
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