Explore the Family Name Tormey

The meaning of Tormey

Irish (Meath, Cavan, and Westmeath): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tormaigh ‘descendant of Tormach’, a derivative of the Old Norse personal name Thormod.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Tormey declined between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Tormey was ranked the 19,526th most popular last name, while it dropped to the 20,985th position in 2010, marking a decrease of 7.47%. Furthermore, the number of individuals carrying this surname also decreased slightly from 1,279 in 2000 to 1,254 in 2010, a fall of 1.95%. The proportion of people with this last name per 100,000 population fell by 8.51% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,526	#20,985	-7.47%
Count	1,279	1,254	-1.95%
Proportion per 100k	0.47	0.43	-8.51%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tormey

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the Tormey surname, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows interesting shifts. In 2000, the vast majority of individuals with this surname were identified as White (96.95%), but this figure slightly dropped to 95.06% by 2010. There was a marked increase in the proportion of individuals identifying as having Two or more races, rising from 0.86% in 2000 to 2.07% in 2010, which is a significant change of 140.70%. Similarly, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic also rose, with increases of 16.36% and 49.02% respectively. The proportions of those identified as Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native remained constant at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.95%	95.06%	-1.95%
Two or More Races	0.86%	2.07%	140.7%
Hispanic	1.02%	1.52%	49.02%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.55%	0.64%	16.36%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%