Explore the Family Name Norum

The meaning of Norum

1. Norwegian: habitational name from any of the four farmsteads named in Old Norse as Nórheimr, from nór ‘narrow passage in a river, strait’ + heimr ‘homestead, farmstead’. 2. Swedish: habitational name from one of several Swedish villages called Norum, of the same etymology as 1 above, or a surname of Norwegian origin.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Norum has seen a slight increase in the number of people who bear it from 2000 to 2010, with an increase of 3.25% translating to 349 individuals from the previous 338. However, the rank of its popularity decreased by 2.93% over the decade, moving from 56,526th place in 2000 to 58,182nd in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people also experienced a decrease from 0.13 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010, marking a -7.69% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,526	#58,182	-2.93%
Count	338	349	3.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Norum

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides insight into the ethnic identities associated with the surname Norum. In 2000, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White at 96.45%, and this figure slightly decreased to 95.70% by 2010. There was a small percentage that identified as Asian or Pacific Islander in 2000, making up 1.78%, but this decreased to 1.43% in 2010. A notable change is the appearance of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010, which was not present in the 2000 data. The categories of two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native did not have any representation in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.45%	95.7%	-0.78%
Hispanic	0%	1.72%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.78%	1.43%	-19.66%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%