Orm Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Orm Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Orme' (Orm, Domesday); compare the local Urmston, Ormston, Ormsby, Ormskirk, Ormerod, and the Great Orme's Head. In this last the meaning Orm, the serpent (whence worm), comes out, i.
Read More About This SurnameOrm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 173 | 1:2,095,138 | 133,172 |
| Israel | 75 | 1:114,102 | 12,745 |
| Estonia | 54 | 1:24,478 | 4,454 |
| Cambodia | 19 | 1:815,113 | 5,006 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 116 | 1:432,920 | 31,560 |
Orm (167) may also be a first name.
Orm Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Orme' (Orm, Domesday); compare the local Urmston, Ormston, Ormsby, Ormskirk, Ormerod, and the Great Orme's Head. In this last the meaning Orm, the serpent (whence worm), comes out, i.e.' the serpent's head.' Miss Yonge (ii. 390) says there are twenty-two Ormes in the Landnama-bok.
Alice fil. Orme, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Orm, Nottinghamshire, ibid.
Orme de Neville, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Ormus Archebrgge, Westmorland, ibid.
John fil. Orme, Yorkshire: Liber Vitae (Surtees Society).
Gospatric, son of Orme, 32 Henry II: Nicolson and Burn, Westm. and Cumb.
Very popular in the Cumb. and North Lancashire district.
Orm fil. Bernulfi, 21 Richard II: Farness Concher Book.
Robert fil. Orm, 21 Richard II: ibid.
Orm de Orgrave, 21 Richard II: ibid.
Hence a common surname in the North.
1593. Buried — Thomas Scott, servant to John Orme: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1609. Baptised — Edward Ormeson: Reg. Prestbury Ch., Cheshire.
From Ormr, 'serpent,' a favorite ON. personal name (the final -r is silent). Orm or Honn was sacerdos of Hume between 1153-56 (Kelso, 288). Orm filius Eilaf witnessed King David's great charter to Melrose Abbey, a. 1153 (Nat. MSS., I, 17). John, son of Orm, was one of the witnesses to Waldeve's charter of Dundas to Helias, son of Huctred (ibid., I), and is probably the John filius Horum who witnessed a charter by Eschina uxor Walteri. Orm was father of John, lord of Hunum (Hownam), c. 1164-74 (Melros, p. 118), and William filius Orm witnessed a cherter by Dovenald, abbe de Brechin, c. 1204-11 (RAA., I, 74 bis). William Orm of Kethe, a Scots prisoner of wer captured at Stirling Castle, 1305 (Bain, II, 1644, 1672). David Orme, chamberlain of the Priory of St. Andrews, 1565-70 (RPC., I, p. 403; RHM., I, 50). William Orme was burgess freeman of Glasgow, 1607 (Burgesses), and Robert Orum, trade burgess of Aberdeen, 1617 (ROA., I, p. 231). Stodart says (II, p. 414) that the surname Orme belongs to Fifeshire, particularly to the neighborhood of Newburgh and Lindores Abbey. Henry Orme was abbot of Lindores, 1502, Stephen Orme was procurator to the abbot in the same year (LAC., p. 298), and a later Henry Orme held a tack of land near Lindores, 1564 (RMS., IV, 2666).
(Scandinavian) Serpent; (fig.) Ship (from the serpent-figurehead) [Old Norse orm-r] Orm was a favourite Scandinavian name (often appearing in England as Urm); and it is common in Domesday Book.
Robert fiz Orme.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1284.
A personal name not uncommon in Saxon and Norman times, and doubtless of Scandinavian origin. In the Old Norse, the generic name for serpents is orm. Some early landowners with this designation have impressed it upon the Ormsbys, Ormerod, Ormside, Ormes-Head, Ormskirk, in England, and upon Ormidale, the Ormistons, and Ormary, in Scotland. Domesday presents us with tenants called Orme in the counties of York and Lincoln, and in the former shire a personage so named held immediately from the crown.
An elm tree.
(French.) Local. An elm—tree.
Orm Demographics
Average Orm Salary in
United States
$36,385 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Orm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orm (Hindi: ोर्म) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Orm click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orm? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 707,442nd most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Orm are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 708,111th most commonly held given name at a global level It is held by 167 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 2,095,138. In The United States Orm is mostly concentrated in: California, where 28 percent are found, Washington, where 18 percent are found and Texas, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 33 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 18 percent are found and Estonia, where 13 percent are found.
Orm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Orm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Orm surname grew 149 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Orm Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Orm surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.82% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Orm earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 18.27% less than the national average, earning 282,845 kr per year and in United States they earn 15.68% less than the national average, earning $36,385 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orme | 86 | 10,024 | / |
| Horm | 86 | 316 | / |
| Gorm | 86 | 128 | / |
| Ormø | 86 | 17 | / |
| Ourm | 86 | 14 | / |
| Ormt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Orhm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Orrm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oirm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uorm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ohrm | 86 | 0 | / |
| Ourme | 75 | 102 | / |
| Horme | 75 | 89 | / |
| Oirme | 75 | 26 | / |
| Gourm | 75 | 20 | / |
| Gorhm | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hormh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hourm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hoorm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uorme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ormhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oorme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Outrm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Arm | 67 | 5,179 | / |
| Erm | 67 | 746 | / |
| Urm | 67 | 434 | / |
| Ärm | 67 | 77 | / |
| Hourme | 67 | 75 | / |
| Ormova | 67 | 15 | / |
| Orgeem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oireme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ormová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hourmh | 67 | 1 | / |
Orm Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orm in the Hindi language | ||
| ोर्म | orma | 50 |
| ओर्म | orma | 50 |
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