# Ordway (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,741 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,478 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 112,640 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (2,715 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ordiway |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ordwīġ, which is composed of the elements ord (“point of a spear”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ordway 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ordway in the United States.

## People named Ordway

- Melissa Ordway, American actress
- Jerry Ordway, American comic book writer & artist

## Similar surnames

Ord, Orta, Orth, Ort.

## 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.