The Armour Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Public name statistics give a good picture of the Armour surname. Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow an Armour line back. No reliable dictionary entry explains Armour, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

The 2010 US Census counted 8,139 people named Armour, ranking it number 4,366 among American surnames.

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Armour, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Research your Armour family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.