Orford
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English
Etymology
From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).
Proper noun
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
- Ore (back-formation from Orford, Suffolk)
- Port Orford cedar
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Orford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.