Ormond Family History
Ormond Name Meaning
Irish (common in Cork and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Ruaidh ‘descendant of Ruadh’, a byname meaning
‘red’, altered by folk etymology to resemble a regional name from the
ancient region of East Munster known as Ormond (Gaelic Ur
Mhumhain). Ó Ruaidh is also Anglicized as Roe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Ormond Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ormond families
 86 - 169  29 - 85 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ormond families
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48 - 94 17 - 47 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ormond Family Origin
Ormond Emigration Information (US)
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Ormond Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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