# Ord (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ord/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,029 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,352 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 300,044 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (973 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the dialectal noun ord (“point, place”). Compare Ort. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, habitational name from Ord in Peeblesshire or Banffshire, from òrd (“hammer”). * The city in Nebraska is named after Edward O. C. Ord. * The river in Australia is named after Harry Ord.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ord in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ord in the United States and Australia.

## People named Ord

- George Ord, American naturalist, ornithologist and writer
- Toby Ord, Australian philosopher

## Similar surnames

Ort, Ordway, Orta, Orth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.