Dunmore
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”) + mòr (“big, large, great”).
Proper noun
Dunmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunmores)
- A placename:
- A village in Airth parish, Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS891893).
- A town in County Galway, Ireland.
- A hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
- A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunmore is the 18703rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1469 individuals. Dunmore is most common among Black/African American (68.75%) and White (24.37%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunmore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.