Explore the Family Name Ormsbee

The meaning of Ormsbee

English: variant of Ormsby.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ormsbee ranked 25,845 in popularity in the year 2000 and then slightly increased to 26,212 in 2010. This represents a decrease in rank by 1.42 percent. The number of individuals with the surname Ormsbee also increased over this period from 894 in 2000 to 933 in 2010, marking a 4.36 percent rise. However, when considering its proportion per 100,000 people, it showed a slight drop from 0.33 to 0.32, a decrease of 3.03 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,845	#26,212	-1.42%
Count	894	933	4.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.32	-3.03%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ormsbee

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Ormsbee, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there are some noticeable changes. The percentage of Ormsbees identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased from 0.56 percent in 2000 to 0.86 percent in 2010, showing a 53.57 percent increase. Those identifying as having two or more ethnicities decreased by 42.41 percent, from 2.24 percent in 2000 to 1.29 percent in 2010. The majority of Ormsbees identified as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 95.75 percent in 2000 to 94.32 percent in 2010. There was a substantial increase in the number of Ormsbees identifying as Hispanic, up 188.76 percent from 0.89 percent in 2000 to 2.57 percent in 2010. No Ormsbees identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.75%	94.32%	-1.49%
Hispanic	0.89%	2.57%	188.76%
Two or More Races	2.24%	1.29%	-42.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.56%	0.86%	53.57%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.56%	0%	0%