The Ours surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,585 people carried this name — #17,699 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,533 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 106 people named Ours.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Ours in American newspapers,
1899.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Ours,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gérard Ours 1953– · farm operator
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Greg Ours 1963– · American football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ours.
- Ottino 248 · U.S. census
- Ottmann 166 · U.S. census
- Otto 22,558 · U.S. census
- Ou 4,196 · U.S. census
- Oudin 126 · U.S. census
- Ouk 1,424 · U.S. census
- Oury 249 · U.S. census
- Outhier 151 · U.S. census
- Ouzounian 235 · U.S. census
- Ovide 126 · U.S. census
- Owczarczak 149 · U.S. census
- Owczarek 223 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ours is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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