Orth
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Frequency: (2673)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. North German: variant spelling of Ort 3.
2. German and French: from a short form of a compound personal name formed with ort ‘point (of a weapon)’, as the first element (for example, Ortlieb).
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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