ORR Surname Maps of Ireland

Where in Ireland does the family ORR come from? Is ORR a common surname in Ireland? The maps on this page are based on the 1901 and 1911 census of Ireland, available here: Census of Ireland.

Meanings of the Surname ORR

According to Thomas G. Gentry in his 1892 book Family Names, the Irish section states: Or, gold, wealth, riches. In a secondary sense, precious, valuable.

ORR in 1901

There were 3,047 with this surname in Ireland in 1901. The surname is ranked 287th in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.

Religion: Presbyterian: 1,591 (52.22%), Anglican: 969 (31.80%), Catholic: 210 (6.89%), Methodist: 131 (4.30%), Other / Not Given: 88 (2.89%), Congregationalist: 27 (0.89%), Christian: 9 (0.30%), Plymouth Brethren: 9 (0.30%), Moravian: 6 (0.20%), Baptist: 2 (0.07%), Church of God: 2 (0.07%), Independent: 1 (0.03%), Protestant: 1 (0.03%), Salvation Army: 1 (0.03%)

ORR Surname Map in Ireland in 1901

ORR in 1911

There were 2,941 with this surname in Ireland in 1911. The surname is ranked 302nd in Ireland. MURPHY is ranked 1st since it is the most common Irish surname.

ORR Surname Map in Ireland in 1911

ORR in 1901 (Farmer)

Map is based on households which had at least one member who had an occupation containing "Farm" or "Agri".

ORR Farmer Surname Map in 1901

ORR in 1901 (Catholic)

Map shows the percentage of people with the surname ORR who are Catholic in each locality

ORR Catholic Surname Map in 1901

ORR in 1901 (Anglican)

Map shows the percentage of people with the surname ORR who are Anglican in each locality

ORR Anglican Surname Map in 1901

ORR in 1901 (Presbyterian)

Map shows the percentage of people with the surname ORR who are Presbyterian in each locality

ORR Presbyterian Surname Map in 1901

ORR in Scotland

The ORR Surname in Scotland

When producing these maps, surnames are converted to uppercase. "MC" and "M'" are replaced with "MAC", and non-alphabetic characters (hyphens, spaces, apostrophes, accents) are removed. For example, Mac Vey and McVey appear together as MACVEY. O'Neill, Oneill, ONeill and Ó Néill appear together as ONEILL, and D'Arcy and Darcy appear as DARCY.

While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility is taken for errors in the census data. The census is available online for verification.