Ormiston
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Ormston
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Ormr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Ormiston (countable and uncountable, plural Ormistons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4169).
- A coastal locality in Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
- A hamlet in Rural Municipality of Excel No. 71, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Another name for Flat Bush, Auckland, New Zealand.
- (countable) A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ormiston is the 24608th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1015 individuals. Ormiston is most common among White (96.06%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ormiston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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