Last Name DORMER

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Meaning Local: References exist in the Yorkshire Poll Tax. These point to a local origin, '-mire' being a common suffix to North English local names.
Origin English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 32,129 (2000 US census) 38,170 (1990 US census)
Count 677 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.36%, or 605 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.12%, or 55 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.48%, or 10 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.74%, or 5 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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