How common is the surname Dormer?

667 people in the United States had the surname Dormer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. It ranked 34,073rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dormer?

Richard Dormer, British actor, playwright and screenwriter.

Where is the surname Dormer most common?

Wikidata records people named Dormer in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Dormer?

Dormer is /ˈdɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dormer getting more or less common?

Less common. 677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 667 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Dormer

An Irish place surname, carried by 667 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex D656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dormer is more common than 79% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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.

Dormer is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 667 people named Dormer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 677.

#34,073

rank among US surnames

667

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #32,129)

Who is named Dormer

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

88% of people named Dormer identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dormers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Dormer
British actor, playwright and screenwriter, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dormer

Dormer has the Soundex code D656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D656.

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Dormer come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Dormer?: 667 people in the United States had the surname Dormer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. It ranked 34,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dormer?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dormer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dormer?: Richard Dormer, British actor, playwright and screenwriter.
Where is the surname Dormer most common?: Wikidata records people named Dormer in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Dormer?: Dormer is /ˈdɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dormer?: Dormer is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dormer getting more or less common?: Less common. 677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 667 in 2010, down 1.5%.