Ogilvie
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Etymology[edit]
From the toponym Ogilvie Glen in Scotland, of Celtic origin: compare Proto-Celtic *ouxselos (“high”) and Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, hill”).
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Ogilvie (countable and uncountable, plural Ogilvies)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A minor city in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.
- A small town in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.
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Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ogilvie is the 9510th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3418 individuals. Ogilvie is most common among White (78.44%) and Black/African American (15.33%) individuals.
References[edit]
- Rybakin, A. I. (1986) “Ogilvie”, in Slovarʹ anglijskix familij [A Dictionary of English Surnames], Moscow: Russky Yazyk Publishers, page 338b
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