Orso Family History
Orso Name Meaning
Italian: from the personal name Orso meaning ‘bear’
(from Latin ursus), or a nickname for someone thought to
resemble a bear (e.g. a large, lumbering person). In some cases the
name may be habitational, denoting someone who lived in a house
distinguished by the sign of a bear. Compare Urso.Hungarian (Orsó): metonymic occupational name for a
spinner, from orsó ‘spinning wheel’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Orso
Name Distribution of Orso Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Orso families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Orso families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Orso last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Orso census records
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Orso Family Origin
Orso Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Orso
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Orso Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Orso census records
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Orso Civil War Service Records
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