Orford

English

Etymology

From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

  1. A number of places:
    1. A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).
    2. A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499). [1]
    3. A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
    4. A former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    5. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
    6. A coastal village in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania, Australia.
    7. A town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Orford is the 109258th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 162 individuals. Orford is most common among White (87.04%) and Black/African American (10.49%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Suffolk)
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