of its people in Norwegian are Nordmann (pronounce Normann), and has the exactly same meaning as the name origin of the Normans. In the Scottish Highlands, Norman is sometimes used as an Anglicised form of the Norwegian and Scottish Gaelic Tormod (derived from the Norse Þórmóðr). A pet form of the Scottish given name is Norrie. There are several Scottish feminine forms of the given name Norman. These include: Normanna, Normina, Norma, Nora, and Mona. In England, the use of Norman as a given name is dying out. For example, in 2005 only two newborn boys were given the name; one in Shropshire and another in Tyne and Wear. Distribution England, Wales and the Isle of Man Norman is ranked as the 273rd most common surname in the 1999–2001 National Health Service Central Register of England, Wales and the Isle of Man (the register utilises birth and death registers from 1999 to 2001). Ireland The surname Norman is of English origin, having arrived in the province of Ulster in the 17th century during the plantation era (See Plantation of Ulster and Plantations of Ireland). The surname is most common in Dublin, Belfast and Cork. Below is a table of Norman households recorded in the Primary Valuation (Griffith's valuation) property survey of 1848–64. United States Surname: In the 1990 Census Norman is ranked as the 396th most frequent surname. By the 2000 Census the surname was ranked at 461st most frequent surname. The table below shows the statistics for the surname Norman in the 2000 Census See footnote for description of the header. {| class="wikitable" |- ! name ! rank ! count ! prop100k ! cum_prop100k ! pctwhite ! pctblack ! pctapi ! pctaian ! pct2prace ! pcthispanic |- | NORMAN | 461 | 65269 | 24.2 | 31690.75 | 71.58 | 24.13 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 1.71 | 1.54 |} Given name: Norman is ranked as the 113th most frequent male given name in the 1990 Census. People Surname Abby Norman (beauty pageant titleholder), Miss Wyoming USA Abby Norman (writer), American science writer Al Norman, the founder of Sprawl-Busters, a noted anti-sprawl activism organization Albert Norman MBE (1882–1964), one of the founders of the Institute of Biomedical Science Alexandra Norman, (born 1983), professional squash player who represents Canada Alfred Merle Norman (1831–1918), British clergyman, naturalist and marine zoologist Andrew Norman (born 1980), English professional snooker player Andrew Norman (born