Orrill Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Orrill 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 SurnameOrrill Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 374 | 1:969,142 | 71,998 |
| England | 134 | 1:415,806 | 28,295 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 88 | 1:276,993 | 19,333 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 96 | 1:523,111 | 36,402 |
Orrill (11) may also be a first name.
Orrill 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’]
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Orrill Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orrill Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orrill is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orrill? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orrill is the 590,101st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The surname Orrill occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Orrill are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Orrill is also the 3,487,849th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 374 people, or 1 in 969,142. In The United States Orrill is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 21 percent are found, Ohio, where 11 percent are found and Texas, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.
Orrill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Orrill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Orrill surname expanded 390 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 152 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Orrill Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Orrill surname are 13.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.47% registered with the party.
Orrill earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.54% less than the national average, earning $42,485 USD per year.
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