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    The surname Fordyce

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,638 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /fɔɹˈdaɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex F632

    Fordyce: #11,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fordyce #11,870, 2,638 people Fordyce: #11,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fordyce #11,870, 2,638 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fordyce is more common than 92.7% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Derived from Old Norse *Fordys, from for (“furrow”) + dys (“grave mound, cairn”). The term is often claimed to be a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic or to be derived from Scottish Gaelic in some way, but little evidence supports this.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,638 people named Fordyce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,038 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,574.

    #11,870
    rank among US surnames
    2,638
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,273)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,863Bodie2,640116,949
    #11,865Kopec2,639116,993
    #11,870Douthit2,638117,038
    #11,874Bousquet2,637117,082
    #11,877Gove2,636117,127

    Who is named Fordyce

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Fordyce identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Fordice

    Surnames that sound like Fordyce

    Fordyce has the Soundex code F632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F632.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fordyce come from?
    Derived from Old Norse *Fordys, from for (“furrow”) + dys (“grave mound, cairn”). The term is often claimed to be a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic or to be derived from Scottish Gaelic in some way, but little evidence supports this.
    How common is the surname Fordyce?
    2,638 people in the United States had the surname Fordyce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,038 Americans. It ranked 11,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fordyce?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fordyce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Fordyce?
    Fordyce is /fɔɹˈdaɪs/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Fordyce getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,638 in 2010, up 2.5%.
    What are other spellings of Fordyce?
    Fordice.