Orford
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).
Proper noun
[edit]Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)
- A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).
- A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499). [1]
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]- Ore (back-formation from Orford, Suffolk)
- Port Orford cedar
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Orford is the 109258th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 162 individuals. Orford is most common among White (87.04%) and Black/African American (10.49%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Orford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Suburbs in Cheshire, England
- en:Places in Cheshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Suffolk, England
- en:Towns in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in New Hampshire, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English