The NORRIS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	85,212	326	0.032	316
United States (1880 census)	20,035	257	0.04	401
Change since 1880	+65177	-69	-0.008	-85
Other Countries
Australia	4,809	301	0.029	294
United Kingdom	17,754	314	0.039	387

Top States for NORRIS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	6,667	363	0.032	320
North Carolina	5,983	150	0.074	743
Florida	5,485	312	0.034	343
California	5,038	636	0.015	149
Ohio	4,900	222	0.043	432
Top States for NORRIS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	4,000	151	0.090	899
South Carolina	3,247	158	0.081	809
North Carolina	5,983	150	0.074	743
Tennessee	3,514	218	0.062	618
Indiana	2,955	201	0.049	486

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called NORRIS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called NORRIS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called NORRIS in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a NORRIS by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of NORRIS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the NORRIS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the NORRIS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of NORRIS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Native American/Alaskan	792	0.93
Asian/Pacific	315	0.37
White (Caucasian)	69,882	82.01
Black/African American	11,768	13.81
Mixed Race	1,304	1.53
White (Hispanic)	1,150	1.35

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the NORRIS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of NORRIS in historical publications

Norroy, or north-king; a title given, in England, to the third king-at-arms. Norrie, French, a foster-child.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

NORRIS. Anciently written Le Nereis, Norres, Noreys, &c., and in Latin charters, Noricus, Noreusis, ire. It is widely spread both in Normandy and England, and may imply either NoTth-cotintrijman or the NorKegiaii. Ormerod's Miscell. Palatina, p. G. Gaimar applies the term to the Norwegians ■whom Harold defeated at Stamford Bridge. " Quinte jur apres reis Harold vint, Contra Norreis bataille tint."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to NORRIS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as NORRIS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.