Osmotherley Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Osmotherley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Osmotherly,' a parish in North Riding of Yorks, and a township in the parish of Ulverston, North Lancashire. It is found early in the Furness district as Asmunderlaw. It is curious that while the surname has long disappeared from the North, it should be found at Cliffe, near Rochester (but v.

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Osmotherley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Wales31:522,80514,314

Osmotherley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Osmotherly,' a parish in North Riding of Yorks, and a township in the parish of Ulverston, North Lancashire. It is found early in the Furness district as Asmunderlaw. It is curious that while the surname has long disappeared from the North, it should be found at Cliffe, near Rochester (but v. Ormandy). The derivation is simple.

Ywan de Asmunderlaw, 1441 Book of Furness.

Walter de Osmunderlaw, c. 1300: ibid.

1598-9. John Osmotherley, B. A, Magdalene College: Register of the University of Oxford.

Mr. E. Osmotherly, Gravesend: National Benevolent Institution Report, 1891.

1635. William Osmotherly embarked in ship the Globe for Virginia: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

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

(Scandinavian + English) 1 belonging to Osmotherley (Lancs), 13th cent.

Osmunderlawe = Osmund’s or Asmund’s Tumulus or Hillock [v. under Osmond; Old Norse genit. form Asmundar + Old English hlǽw, a (burial) mound] 2 belonging to Osmotherley (Yorks), 13th cent. Osmunderley, Domesday Asmundrelac = Osmund’s or Asmund’s Lea [y. under 1 and + Middle English ley, Old English leáh]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

OSMOTHERLY: This singular surname has long prevailed at Cliffe, in the neighbourhood of Rochester. There are two places so called; one in the parish of Ulverstone, co. Lancaster; the other in the North Riding of Yorkshire. In old documents the latter is written Osmonderley.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lancashire, Yorkshire.

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

Osmotherley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osmotherley occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osmotherley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Osmotherley are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Osmotherley is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England it is primarily found in: Lancashire, where 63 percent are found, West Yorkshire, where 22 percent are found and Somerset, where 7 percent are found.

Osmotherley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Osmotherley has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Osmotherley surname grew 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Smotherley961/
Osmotherly95194/
O'Smotherly9126/
Esimthurolo551/
Eisimthurolo521/

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