Drummond is a Scottish surname and clan name, but also occurring in Portugal (mainly in Azores, where also occur as Ormonde) and Brazil.

In Scotland, the first born with the surname was Malcolm (b. ?, d. 1131), son of Maurice, Prince of Hungary, appointed hereditary seneschal of Lennox by King Malcolm III of Scotland, with the right to use the Drummond surname.[1]

In Portugal, the surname arrived with Sir John Drummond, son of Sir John Drummond of Carghill and Stobhall, who left Scotland in 1418, set off for France and from there to the kingdom of Granada (Spain) to fight against the moors, and finally he set off for the island of Madeira (Portugal).[2] Later, Francisco Ferreira Drummond (b. Madeira, 1580, d. Azores, 1615) migrated to the island of Terceira in the Azores archipelago (Portugal), where he established his residence in Ribeira Seca, part of the town of São Sebastião. From this date onwards, the surname Drummond undergoes various corruptions, such as 'Armond', 'de Ormonde', 'Ormonde', and 'Ormond' (only in Brazil).

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  1. ^ The Genealogy of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond, Edimburgo, 1831
  2. ^ João Drummond e a sua descendência, «Arquivo l-lístórico da Madeira», vol. 3, n° 2, Funchal, 1933, p. 118