Explore the Family Name Nordrum

The meaning of Nordrum

Norwegian: habitational name from any of the five farms in eastern Norway, named in Old Norse as Northrheimr (see Nordheim).

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How common is the last name Nordrum in the United States?

The data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the popularity of the surname "Nordrum" saw minimal change between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Nordrum ranked 72,905 in popularity and by 2010 it had slightly declined to a rank of 74,826, representing a negative change of 2.63 percent. Despite this slight drop in popularity ranking, the number of individuals bearing the Nordrum surname actually increased from 248 in 2000 to 258 in 2010, which is an increase of 4.03 percent. The proportion per 100,000 remained constant at 0.09 for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,905	#74,826	-2.63%
Count	248	258	4.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nordrum

Regarding the ethnic identity of individuals carrying the Nordrum name, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that there was little variation between 2000 and 2010. The majority of Nordrums identified as White, making up 95.97% of the group in 2000, although this figure dropped slightly to 94.57% by 2010. There was a small representation of Nordrums who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, increasing from 0% in 2000 to 1.94% in 2010. Additionally, there was a small percentage (2.42%) in 2000 who identified as being of Two or more races, however, this figure fell to zero by 2010. No individuals categorized their ethnicity as Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.97%	94.57%	-1.46%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.94%	0%
Two or More Races	2.42%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%