Fordyce
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Fordice
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fordyce (countable and uncountable, plural Fordyces)
- A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland
- A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Arkansas, United States.
- A village in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fordyce is the 11870th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2638 individuals. Fordyce is most common among White (91.77%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fordyce”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 589.