How common is the surname Armour?

8,139 people in the United States had the surname Armour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,934 Americans. It ranked 4,366th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Armour?

Philip Danforth Armour, American meatpacking industrialist/founder: Chicago based Armour & Company (1832–1901), followed by Jean Armour Polly.

Where is the surname Armour most common?

Wikidata records people named Armour in the United States.

Is the surname Armour getting more or less common?

More common. 7,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,139 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Armour

A surname, carried by 8,139 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Armour is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,139 people named Armour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,934 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,711.

#4,366

rank among US surnames

8,139

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,250)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,357	Stallworth	8,155	37,860
#4,358	Ralph	8,153	37,869
#4,359	Tracey	8,152	37,874
#4,361	Mercier	8,149	37,888
#4,362	Oviedo	8,145	37,906
#4,363	Stinnett	8,142	37,920
#4,364	Ferrari	8,141	37,925

Who is named Armour

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

60% of people named Armour identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Armours

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Philip Danforth Armour
American meatpacking industrialist/founder: Chicago based Armour & Company (1832–1901)
Jean Armour Polly
American librarian, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Armour

Armer

Armour has the Soundex code A656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A656.

Questions

How common is the surname Armour?: 8,139 people in the United States had the surname Armour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,934 Americans. It ranked 4,366th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Armour?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Armour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Armour?: Philip Danforth Armour, American meatpacking industrialist/founder: Chicago based Armour & Company (1832–1901), followed by Jean Armour Polly.
Where is the surname Armour most common?: Wikidata records people named Armour in the United States.
Is the surname Armour getting more or less common?: More common. 7,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,139 in 2010, up 5.6%.