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The DUNMORE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,374 18526 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 505 9603 0.001 10
Change since 1880 +869 -8923 0 -5
Other Countries
Australia 85 16374 0.001 5
United Kingdom 908 5682 0.002 20
Top States for DUNMORE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 152 18393 0.000 4
Florida 133 15403 0.001 8
Mississippi 100 3640 0.004 35
South Carolina 92 5527 0.002 23
Illinois 90 17226 0.001 7
Top States for DUNMORE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Washington DC 62 1177 0.011 108
Mississippi 100 3640 0.004 35
South Carolina 92 5527 0.002 23
Maryland 89 7594 0.002 17
Louisiana 42 11649 0.001 9

Notes

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

Classification and Origin of DUNMORE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DUNMORE 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 DUNMORE 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 DUNMORE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 971 70.67
White (Caucasian) 332 24.16
Mixed Race 44 3.2
White (Hispanic) 20 1.46
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of DUNMORE in historical publications

DUNMORE. DUNMURE. A local name, signifying in Gaelic "the fortified hill." Many old strongholds in Scotland are so called. The surname was probably taken from a village so designated in Stirlingshire.

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 DUNMORE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DUNMORE.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DUNMORE

The following words are slight variants of DUNMORE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.