Last name: ORR
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ORR : This last name is indexed 174,497 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ORR : 2: English: from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Orre (Old Norse Orri originally a byname meaning ‘black grouse’).1: Scottish (southwestern): nickname from Scottish Gaelic odhar ‘dun of sallow complexion’. This surname is also common in Ireland. It was brought to Ulster from Scotland in the 17th century.
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