Armour Family History
Armour Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: from Middle English, Old French
armure, blended with the agent noun armer (see
Armer), hence an occupational name for a maker of arms and
armor. The collective noun armure denoted offensive weapons as
well as the more recently specialized sense of protective gear.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Armour Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Armour families
 42 - 82  15 - 41 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Armour families
|
58 - 113 20 - 57 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Armour families
|
289 - 576 97 - 288 |
1 - 96 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Armour Family Origin
Armour Immigration Information
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Armour Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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