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    The surname Lorimer

    A Norman occupational surname, carried by 887 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L656

    Lorimer: #27,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lorimer #27,260, 887 people Lorimer: #27,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lorimer #27,260, 887 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lorimer is more common than 83.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    Scottish occupational surname for a maker or seller of spurs, bits and other metal attachments to harness and tackle, from Anglo-Norman lorenier, an agent derivative of Old French lorain (“tackle, harness”).

    Lorimer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 887 people named Lorimer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 348,078 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 885.

    #27,260
    rank among US surnames
    887
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #26,035)

    Who is named Lorimer

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

    92% of people named Lorimer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lorimers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George Horace Lorimer
      American journalist and writer, 1867–1937

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Lorimer

    Lorimer has the Soundex code L656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L656.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lorimer come from?
    Scottish occupational surname for a maker or seller of spurs, bits and other metal attachments to harness and tackle, from Anglo-Norman lorenier, an agent derivative of Old French lorain (“tackle, harness”).
    How common is the surname Lorimer?
    887 people in the United States had the surname Lorimer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 348,078 Americans. It ranked 27,260th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lorimer?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lorimer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lorimer?
    George Horace Lorimer, American journalist and writer.
    Where is the surname Lorimer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lorimer in the United States.
    What type of surname is Lorimer?
    Lorimer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Lorimer getting more or less common?
    More common. 885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 887 in 2010, up 0.2%.
    What are other spellings of Lorimer?
    Lairmore, Laramore, Larimer, Larimore, Larmore and Larmour.