Last Name ORAM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Oram. There are North and South Oweam, two townships in the parish of Halifax.
Origin English, Jewish, Indian, Irish

Rank 15,455 (2000 US census) 13,198 (1990 US census)
Count 1,740 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.74%, or 1631 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.87%, or 50 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.57%, or 10 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.29%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.98%, or 17 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.55%, or 27 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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