Orme Family History
Orme Name Meaning
Northern English: from the Old Norse personal name Ormr,
originally a byname meaning ‘snake’, ‘serpent’, ‘dragon’.French:
topographic name for someone who lived near a conspicuous elm tree,
from Old French orme (Latin ulmus).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Orme Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Orme families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Orme families
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228 - 454 77 - 227 |
1 - 76 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Orme families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Orme Family Origin
Orme Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Orme
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Orme Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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