Urmston Surname

463,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Urmston Surname Definition:

A surname of recent introduction from England. Of local origin from Urmston, Lancashire. Urm is a form of Orm, the name therefore being = Ormiston.

Urmston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4161:133,93813,173
United States2331:1,555,618105,142
Australia471:574,37741,856
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Wales41:773,63329,106
France31:22,140,907385,998
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
China21:683,660,78330,601
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2511:97,1139,892
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

Urmston Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A surname of recent introduction from England. Of local origin from Urmston, Lancashire. Urm is a form of Orm, the name therefore being = Ormiston.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-Scand.) belonging to Urmston (Lanc.), 13th-14th cent. Urmeston = URM's Estate or Farmstead [the genit. of Urm, the Anglicized form of Old Norse Orm-r (v. Orm(e) + Old English tún, farm, etc.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Lancashire.

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

The Urmstons, who derived their name from a Lancashire township, owned a small estate in Wilmslow during the 16th and 17th centuries; Geoffrey Urmeston, gent., possessed Winkle Grange in Winkle in the reign of Elizabeth (E.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Urmston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Urmston is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Urmston.

How Common Is The Last Name Urmston? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 463,668th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,024,135 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Urmston live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 133,938. In England Urmston is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 48 percent live, Cheshire, where 14 percent live and Greater London, where 6 percent live. Other than England this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Urmston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Urmston has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Urmston surname increased 166 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Urmston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Urmston are 32.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 79.69% registered to vote for the political party.

Urmston earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.18% more than the national average, earning $50,994 USD per year.

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