# Osborn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/osborn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 32,439 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,078 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,518 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (32,044 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Osborne.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Osborn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Osborn in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Osborn

- Henry Fairfield Osborn, American geologist (1857–1935)
- Harold Osborn, athletics competitor (1899-1975)
- Anne Osborn Krueger, American economist
- Joe Osborn, American bassist
- T. L. Osborn, American pastor (1923–2013)
- Emily Mary Osborn, British artist (1828-1925)
- Sidney Preston Osborn, American politician (1884-1948)
- John Osborn, American operatic tenor
- Aileen Osborn Webb, American patron of the arts, founder of Craft Horizons and American Craft Council (1892-19
- Thomas A. Osborn, American politician (1836-1898)

## Similar surnames

Osborne, Osburn, Osbourne, Osbourn, Ogborn, Oxford, Ogburn, Okafor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.