Ort Family History

Ort Surname Meaning

German:: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ort(o), a short form of various compound names with the first element ort ‘point (of a sword spear)’. This surname is also found in France. Compare Orth.

Topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or the end of a settlement from Middle High German ort in the transferred sense ‘tip extremity’ (in modern German the word has come to mean ‘point spot place’).

Habitational name from Ort in Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, or Austria.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Port, Ost, Ott, Fort, Ohrt, Orth, Mort, Ord, Cort, Ori

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2K	Immigration Records
15K	Census and Voter Lists
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You can see how Ort families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ort family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Ort families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 15 Ort families living in Lancashire. This was about 65% of all the recorded Ort's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Ort families in 1891.

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What did your Ort ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, foreman baker conf and Unpaid domestic duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Ort. 100% of Ort men worked as a foreman baker conf and 100% of Ort women worked as an Unpaid domestic duties.

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foreman baker conf

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Unpaid domestic duties

100%

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Passenger List

There are 2K immigration records available for the last name Ort. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 39K military records available for the last name Ort. For the veterans among your Ort ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Ort lifespan?

Between 1945 and 2004, in the United States, Ort life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 1945. The average life expectancy for Ort in 1945 was 100, and 74 in 2004.

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Ort Surname Meaning

Habitational name from Ort in Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, or Austria.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Ort family from?

What did your Ort ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

foreman baker conf

100%

Unpaid domestic duties

100%

What Ort family records will you find?

What is the average Ort lifespan?

Between 1945 and 2004, in the United States, Ort life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 1945. The average life expectancy for Ort in 1945 was 100, and 74 in 2004.

Ort Family History

Ort Surname Meaning

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