Osbourne Surname
Approximately 9,975 people bear this surname
Osbourne 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.
Read More About This SurnameOsbourne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,384 | 1:107,110 | 11,736 |
| Jamaica | 2,208 | 1:1,300 | 228 |
| England | 1,942 | 1:28,691 | 3,877 |
| Australia | 884 | 1:30,538 | 4,078 |
| Canada | 748 | 1:49,259 | 5,984 |
| Barbados | 218 | 1:1,319 | 297 |
| Wales | 91 | 1:34,006 | 3,399 |
| Ireland | 83 | 1:56,734 | 3,894 |
| New Zealand | 76 | 1:59,583 | 9,301 |
| Scotland | 45 | 1:118,974 | 7,657 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 29 | 1:47,034 | 4,189 |
| Northern Ireland | 28 | 1:65,894 | 4,901 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 26 | 1:3,814 | 525 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Guyana | 22 | 1:34,646 | 3,602 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18 | 1:3,067 | 419 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norfolk Island | 1 | 1:2,295 | 315 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 53 | 1:83,582 | 5,769 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,037 | 1:23,506 | 3,271 |
| Scotland | 43 | 1:87,052 | 4,622 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:71,292 | 3,399 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 158 | 1:317,840 | 24,909 |
Osbourne (1,930) may also be a first name.
Osbourne 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.
(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.
(English) Descendant of Osborn (god, man); one who came from Osborne (Aust's stream), in Wight.
Osbourne Demographics
Average Male Osbourne Height
173.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Osbourne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osbourne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Osbourne occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Osbourne.
How Common Is The Last Name Osbourne? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 51,386th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 730,581 people. The surname Osbourne is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Osbourne live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 172,734th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,930 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,384 people, or 1 in 107,110. In The United States Osbourne is primarily found in: New York, where 11 percent live, Kentucky, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 72 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 22 percent live and England, where 19 percent live.
Osbourne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Osbourne has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 2,142 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 414 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 157 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 105 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Osbourne Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (70%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Osbourne last name are 8.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.22% being registered with the political party.
The amount Osbourne earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 117.67% more than the national average, earning R 517,272 per year; in United States they earn 6.41% less than the national average, earning $40,384 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.78% less than the national average, earning $41,344 CAD per year.
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