Osborne Surname

3,692nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152,109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Osborne Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Osbern,' a favourite personal name in the hereditary surname period. It is scarcely ever used now at the font, but flourishes strongly as a surname.

Gerard fil. Oseberne, Huntingdonshire, 1273.

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Osborne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States86,3491:4,198464
England31,1811:1,787206
Australia12,8481:2,101265
Canada8,1081:4,544642
New Zealand2,8911:1,566193
South Africa2,0881:25,9473,313
Wales1,4481:2,137229
Scotland1,3871:3,860678
Ireland9381:5,020821
Northern Ireland6021:3,065621
Fiji5661:1,580217
Spain4531:103,2058,355
Guyana3711:2,055369
Trinidad and Tobago2891:4,720772
Thailand2731:258,74944,092
Jamaica2491:11,5261,193
Germany1441:559,06646,014
Isle of Man1011:850122
Saint Kitts and Nevis1001:552120
Netherlands991:170,57824,763
France981:677,78386,620
Singapore941:58,5932,307
Panama861:45,4912,295
Bahamas741:5,294533
Zimbabwe721:214,42024,333
United States Virgin Islands711:1,555250
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
Papua New Guinea651:125,44217,113
Brazil621:3,452,81297,678
Jersey541:1,837288
Antigua and Barbuda531:1,871313
British Virgin Islands511:619114
Malaysia431:685,91232,468
Zambia371:428,37620,573
Montserrat341:14630
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Costa Rica291:164,8302,283
India291:26,450,530346,896
Israel291:295,09125,768
Bermuda271:2,418390
Cyprus271:32,7733,506
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines271:4,173555
Sweden271:364,69525,646
Gibraltar251:1,358302
Norway231:223,57824,793
Hong Kong201:366,7743,169
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Barbados181:15,969956
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
China151:91,154,7714,767
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Guam121:13,3432,098
Cuba111:1,047,5206,594
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha111:53290
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Cayman Islands91:7,099820
Turkey91:8,646,825130,497
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Ghana51:5,404,13815,377
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Grenada41:27,1341,180
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Malta41:107,5681,849
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Tonga11:107,313791
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7261:6,102983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England13,3881:1,821239
Scotland5651:6,625950
Wales2711:5,788382
Guernsey461:710117
Jersey251:2,075348
Isle of Man61:9,045877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,8601:7,321928

The alternate forms: Ösbörne (1) are calculated separately.

Osborne (4,896) may also be a first name.

Osborne Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Osbern,' a favourite personal name in the hereditary surname period. It is scarcely ever used now at the font, but flourishes strongly as a surname.

Gerard fil. Oseberne, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Oseberne, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Osborne le Haukere. Rolls of Parliament.

Osbarn Dawson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

'Thomas Smithson and Osberne Walynton, servauntes of Sir Edward Wydevile, 1489: Wardrobe Accounts, Edward IV.

In the Register of the University of Oxford the following forms are found: Osborne, Osbern, Osberne, Osborn, Osbourne, and Osburne (v. Index). The following variants are found amongst the marriages of a single register:

1790. George Avius and Ann Osburn: St. George, Hanover Square.

— Richard Osborne and Ann Smith: ibid.

1792. William Osbon and Mary Thackham: ibid.

1797. Frances Phillips and Lucy Orsborn: ibid.

1798. William Osburne and Elizabeth Yates: ibid.

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

(Anglo-Scand.) The Old Norse Asbiörn = Divine Bear [Old Norse ás-, divine (áss, a god) + biörn, a bear] was Anglicized Osbeorn, Osbern, Osborn [Old English ós, a god + be(o)rn, a warrior] Two famous Osberns were killed in the same battle A.D. 1054—Osbern Pentecost, the Norman, fighting for Macbeth; and Osbern, the son of Earl Siward, with his father at the head of the ultimately victorious Northumbrians.

Osbern is common in Domesday Book.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Osborn (god, man); one who came from Osborne (Aust's stream), in Wight.

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

This family descends from a Kentish branch of the family of Fitz-Osberne, seated in that county early in the reign of Henry VI., when Thomas Osberne appeared to a writ of Quo warranto for the Abbey of Dartford. The family had come from Essex and Suffolk, where the name is traced to Thomas Fitz-Osborne 1227-40, who granted lands to Holy Trinity, Caen (MSAN. viii. 224,229, 230,231). His grandfather, Richard Fitz-Osberne, or Fitz-Osbert, held a fief from Earl Bigot 1165, and was ancestor of the Lords Fitz-Osbert, summoned by writ 1312. Richard’s father, Stephen Fitz-Osbert, living 1152 (Mon. Angl. i. 640), was son of William Fitz-O., son of Osberne Fitz-Letard, who came to England 1066, and who held lands from Odo of Bayeux, 1086. Letard is mentioned in Normandy before the Conquest. Hence the Dukes of Leeds.

The Norman People (1874)

From the Old Norse, Ás-Björn; from the Danish, Osborn; in the Domesday Book, Osbern, Osba; a personal name.

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

Osborne Last Name Facts

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

Osborne (Arabic: اسبورن, Marathi: ओसबॉनर्) occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as: Ösbörne. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osborne? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,692nd most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 47,910 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Osborne are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 97,459th most common given name worldwide, borne by 4,896 people.

The surname Osborne is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 86,349 people, or 1 in 4,198. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 7 percent live, Texas, where 6 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 121 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Osborne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Osborne has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Osborne surname increased 1,259 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 233 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 534 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 245 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 129 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Osborne Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Osborne surname is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Osborne last name are 14.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.96% being registered with the political party.

The amount Osborne earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.26% more than the national average, earning 405,828 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 36.19% more than the national average, earning R 323,640 per year; in United States they earn 4.42% less than the national average, earning $41,243 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.81% more than the national average, earning $51,078 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osbourne939,975/
Ousborne9333/
Osbornne934/
Osborner934/
Osbornes932/
Osbornie932/
Osborrne932/
Osbornee932/
O'Sborne931/
Osboirne931/
Osbosrne931/
Oshborne931/
Osboorne931/
Gosborne931/
Hosborne930/
Osborned930/
Oesborne930/
Ossborne930/
Osborn9255,897/
Oborne921,075/
Ösbörne901/
Ousbourne884/
Osbournne882/
O'Sbourne881/
Oshbourne881/
Osbournes881/
Osbourn861,933/
Osburne86346/
Usborne86266/
Obourne8630/
O'Borne8623/
Ousborn8619/
Asborne868/
Osboren867/
Osborna867/
Osvorne865/
Ossborn864/
Hosborn863/
Oborney863/
Osberne863/
Esborne863/
Osborni862/
Odsborn861/
Oxborne861/
Osboorn861/
Osbornd861/
Osborng861/
Osbornn861/
Osborny861/
Oosborn861/
Oshborn861/
Goborne861/
Oisborn860/
Osbarne860/
Hoborne860/
Gosborn860/
Osborin860/
Oborn831,383/
Osborneová821/
Gobourne80181/
Ausborne80162/
Ashborne8019/
Asbourne808/
Usbourne807/
O'Bourne804/
Ousbourn803/
Osvourne802/
Osbornio801/
Osbournd801/
Hesborne801/
Esbornea801/
Oubourne800/
Oxbourne800/
Ossbourn800/
Oborin773,257/
Oborny77659/
Oborná77276/
Oborný77269/
Obourn77155/
Oboryn77114/
O'Born7737/
Oborna7733/
Asborn7721/
Osbarn7720/
Hoborn7718/
Oborni7713/
Aborne7710/
Oxborn776/
Osvorn773/
Oboren772/
Ooborn771/
Obarne771/
Goborn770/
Ashbourne75699/
Ausbourne7529/
Hasbourne7510/
Osbornová751/
Hesbourne751/
Eschborne750/
Oborina713,577/
Ausborn71829/
Gaborne71532/
Oboryna71146/
Ashborn7197/
Gobourn7138/
Hobourn7135/
Ouborná7133/
Ouborný7128/
Esborni7127/
Abornee7110/
Hasborn713/
O'Borny713/
Oborien713/
Gouborn712/
Obosrne712/
Ouborny712/
Asburne711/
Oboorny711/
Oborynt711/
Oboiren711/
Oboirin711/
Obornih711/
Abornea711/
Asborni711/
Hooborn710/
Ashbourner710/
Gobhorn710/
Oubornj710/
Usburne710/
Osbaurn710/
Obarney710/
Aborn67327/
Ashburne67156/
Oboirien6785/
Ashbourn6761/
Ausburne6750/
Goubourn6720/
O'Barnes675/
Obarnett672/
Obornova672/
Ausvorne671/
Ausbourn671/
Aabornes671/
Ashboren671/
Asburner670/
Hashborn670/
Gasbarne670/
Assburne670/

Osborne Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Osborne in the Marathi language
ओसबॉनर्osabonar33.33
ओसबॉनosabona22.22
ओसबोनर्osabonar22.22
ओसबोनosabona11.11
ओसबोरनosaborana11.11
Osborne in the Arabic language
اسبورنasbwrn-

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