Ormerod

English

Alternative forms

• Ormrod

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + Old English rōd (“cross; a measure of land area”).

Proper noun

Ormerod (plural Ormerods)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ormerod is the 48060^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 440 individuals. Ormerod is most common among White (97.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ormerod”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Red Room