Ormsby
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Habitational surname from the village of South Ormsby in Lincolnshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + býr (“village”). Compare Ormesby.
Proper noun[edit]
Ormsby (countable and uncountable, plural Ormsbys)
- A surname from Old Norse.
- A city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ormsby is the 8981st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3643 individuals. Ormsby is most common among White (84.19%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ormsby”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse
- en:Cities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA