Dorman Family History
Dorman Name Meaning
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.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.Hungarian
(Dormán): from the old secular personal name
Dormán.Jewish (Ashkenazic): unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Dorman Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dorman families
 106 - 209  36 - 105 |
 1 - 35  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dorman families
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73 - 143 25 - 72 |
1 - 24 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dorman families
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44 - 86 15 - 43 |
1 - 14 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dorman Family Origin
Dorman Immigration Information
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Dorman Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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