Explore the Family Name Ormiston

The meaning of Ormiston

Scottish (southeast Scotland): habitational name from any of the places called Ormiston, in the former counties of Roxburghshire and East Lothian, named with the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Ormr (see Orme) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ormiston ranked 24,608 in popularity in 2010, sliding slightly from its rank of 23,411 in 2000. This represents a decrease of 5.11%. However, the actual count of individuals bearing this surname remained relatively stable, showing an increase of just 0.2% from 1,013 in 2000 to 1,015 in 2010. The proportion of people with this surname per 100K population also decreased by 10.53%, indicating that as the population grew, the number of people named Ormiston did not keep pace.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,411	#24,608	-5.11%
Count	1,013	1,015	0.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.38	0.34	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ormiston

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals with the Ormiston surname identified as White decreased slightly from 97.53% to 96.06%. Interestingly, there was a significant increase in those identifying with two or more races, rising from 0.89% to 1.87%. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders dropped from 0.79% to 0.59%. In 2010, for the first time, the census recorded individuals with the Ormiston surname who identified as Hispanic, at 1.38%. There were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian/Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.53%	96.06%	-1.51%
Two or More Races	0.89%	1.87%	110.11%
Hispanic	0%	1.38%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.79%	0.59%	-25.32%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%