Last Name OSBORN

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Meaning	The son of Osbern, a favourite personal name in the hereditary surname period. It is scarcely ever used now as a first name, but it flourishes strongly as a surname. From 'hus,' a house, and 'bearn,' a child-a family-child, an adopted child.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, French, German, Irish, Belgian

Rank	991 (2000 US census)	834 (1990 US census)

Count	32,044 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.72%, or 29711 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.85%, or 913 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 163 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.79%, or 253 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.49%, or 477 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.64%, or 526 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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