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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and Scottish : habitational name from a place named Barmore or Barmoor, numerous examples of which are found in Derbyshire, North Yorkshire, and Northumberland, as well as the Scottish regions of Angus, Galloway, and Strathclyde. In Britain the surname is now rare and is found only in Manchester.

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