Explore the Family Name Oborne

The meaning of Oborne

English: 1. habitational name from Oborne in Dorset. The placename derives from Old English wōh ‘twisted, crooked’ + burna ‘spring, stream’. 2. possibly from the Middle English personal name Obern, an Anglo-Norman French form of Osbern (see Osborne).

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How common is the last name Oborne in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Oborne has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Oborne ranked 81,414 in popularity with 216 individuals bearing the name, representing 0.08 per 100k of the population. By 2010, the rank had slipped to 88,685 with 209 people carrying the name, equating to 0.07 per 100k of the population. This represents an overall reduction of 8.93 in rank and a 3.24 decrease in count over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#81,414	#88,685	-8.93%
Count	216	209	-3.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Oborne

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Oborne identify as White, accounting for 95.83% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 95.69% by 2010. The proportion of those identifying as Black dropped from 2.31% in 2000 to zero by 2010. Interestingly, there was a small emergence of Oborne individuals identifying as belonging to two or more races, accounting for 2.39% in 2010, a category which did not exist for this surname in 2000. There were no recorded instances of the surname Oborne among the Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.83%	95.69%	-0.15%
Two or More Races	0%	2.39%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	2.31%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%