Ordway
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Ordiway
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ordwīġ, which is composed of the elements ord (“point of a spear”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).
Proper noun
Ordway (countable and uncountable, plural Ordways)
- A surname from Old English.
- A statutory town, the county seat of Crowley County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ordway is the 11478th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2741 individuals. Ordway is most common among White (93.65%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ordway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.