Dunmore

English

Alternative forms

• Dunmire

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”) + mòr (“big, large, great”).

Proper noun

Dunmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunmores)

1. A placename:
   1. A village in Airth parish, Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS891893).
   2. A town in County Galway, Ireland.
   3. A hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
   4. A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunmore is the 18703^rd 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.

Anagrams

• mourned, remound