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The dorman Surname

dorman Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from the Old English personal name Deormann, composed of Old English deor (see Dear) + mann ‘man’. This surname became established in Ireland in the 17th century; sometimes it is found as a variant of Dornan.
  2. German (Dormann): occupational name for a doorkeeper or gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived by the gate of a town or city. Compare Dorer, Dorwart.
  3. Hungarian (Dormán): from the old secular personal name Dormán.
  4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The dorman name in History

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Distribution of dorman Families in the US in 1920
Number of dorman families
 106-209
 36-105		 1-35
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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