# Dormer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dormer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 667 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,073 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 462,887 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (677 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Most probably an English habitational surname, but if so the place of origin has not been identified. It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díorma.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dormer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dormer in the United Kingdom.

## People named Dormer

- Richard Dormer, British actor, playwright and screenwriter

## Similar surnames

Drummer, Dorner, DeRemer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.