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Locality O Surnames Family History Resources

Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Oakes		Locality	From a dwelling near the oak-trees.
Oakham		Locality	From the town of Oakham, in Rutlandshire, England
Oakley		Locality	The fields or pasture abounding in oaks
Ockham		Locality	a town in Surrey, England, so called from the abundance of oaks growing there
Ogilvie		Locality	the lands of Ogilvie, in Scotland
Ollendorff		Locality	Oldendorf in Germany
Olmstead		Locality	A place or town by the green oaks
Onslow		Locality	the manor of Onslow, in Shropshire, England
Orchard		Locality	An inclosure of fruit-trees
Ormiston		Locality	The town or village of elms
Orr		Locality	town of Orr, in Scotland
Orton		Locality	town of Orton, in Westmoreland, England
Otter		Locality	a low promontory jutting into the sea, a shoal.
Ouseley		Locality	the river Ouse, in England
Oxford		Locality	Oxford, in England

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