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)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4169).
   2. A coastal locality in Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
   3. A hamlet in Rural Municipality of Excel No. 71, Saskatchewan, Canada.
   4. Another name for Flat Bush, Auckland, New Zealand.
2. (countable) A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ormiston is the 24608^th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• ion storm, monitors, montoirs, trominos