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    The surname Ord

    A place surname, carried by 1,029 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex O630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ord is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Ord is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,029 people named Ord in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 973.

    #24,352
    rank among US surnames
    1,029
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #24,162)

    Who is named Ord

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

    92% of people named Ord identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ords

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George Ord
      American naturalist, ornithologist and writer, 1781–1866
    • Toby Ord
      Australian philosopher, born 1979

    Notable Ords come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ord

    Ord has the Soundex code O630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O630.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ord come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Ord?
    1,029 people in the United States had the surname Ord in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ord?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ord identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ord?
    George Ord, American naturalist, ornithologist and writer, followed by Toby Ord.
    Where is the surname Ord most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ord in the United States and Australia.
    What type of surname is Ord?
    Ord is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ord getting more or less common?
    More common. 973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 5.8%.