How common is the surname Ordway?

2,741 people in the United States had the surname Ordway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. It ranked 11,478th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ordway?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ordway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ordway?

Melissa Ordway, American actress, followed by Jerry Ordway.

Where is the surname Ordway most common?

Wikidata records people named Ordway in the United States.

Is the surname Ordway getting more or less common?

More common. 2,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,741 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Ordway

An English surname, carried by 2,741 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ordway is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,741 people named Ordway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,715.

#11,478

rank among US surnames

2,741

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #10,787)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,472	Mattis	2,744	112,517
#11,474	McConville	2,743	112,558
#11,476	Araya	2,742	112,599
#11,478	Heineman	2,741	112,640
#11,484	Decicco	2,740	112,681

Who is named Ordway

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

94% of people named Ordway identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ordways

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melissa Ordway
American actress, born 1983
Jerry Ordway
American comic book writer & artist, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ordiway

Surnames that sound like Ordway

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ordway come from?: From the Old English personal name Ordwīġ, which is composed of the elements ord (“point of a spear”) and wīġ (“war, battle”).
How common is the surname Ordway?: 2,741 people in the United States had the surname Ordway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. It ranked 11,478th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ordway?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ordway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ordway?: Melissa Ordway, American actress, followed by Jerry Ordway.
Where is the surname Ordway most common?: Wikidata records people named Ordway in the United States.
Is the surname Ordway getting more or less common?: More common. 2,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,741 in 2010, up 1.0%.
What are other spellings of Ordway?: Ordiway.