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The orum Surname

orum Name Meaning and History

  1. Danish: habitational name from any of several places called Órum, named as a compound of ór ‘gravel beach’ + hem ‘dwelling’. This name is also found in Norway, of Danish origin.
  2. English: variant of Orme 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of orum Families in the US in 1840
Number of orum families
 2
 2-2
 1
 0
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