Ord Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 2
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 398
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 15
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 42
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 303
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 112

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Ord Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ord family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 38
Agricultural Labourer 38
Female Servant 36
Coal Miner 23
Farmer 19
Male Servant 16
Pupil 8
Labourer 7
Shoe Maker 6
Tailor 6
Independant 5
Collier 4
Inn Keeper 4
Merchant 4
Pauper 4
Carrier 3
Joiner 3
Mariner 3
Mason 3
Pitman 3
Grocer 3
Shepherd 3
Butcher 3
Millwright 2
Policeman 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Ord

Name Census Frequency
John Ord 1,042
Mary Ord 948
William Ord 707
Elizabeth Ord 699
Thomas Ord 621
Robert Ord 469
Jane Ord 459
Margaret Ord 443
George Ord 394
James Ord 393
Ann Ord 295
Sarah Ord 289
Joseph Ord 268
Isabella Ord 237
Edward Ord 172
Annie Ord 146
Richard Ord 146
Henry Ord 145
Alice Ord 132
Ralph Ord 131
Hannah Ord 125
Eleanor Ord 110
Catherine Ord 105
Charles Ord 103
Ellen Ord 96

Ord Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reed 25% 171,108
2 Read 25% 149,995
3 Reid 25% 45,698
4 Ord 100% 11,990
5 Reade 20% 6,536
6 Rood 50% 3,489
7 Road 50% 2,872
8 Aird 50% 2,306
9 Ride 25% 2,240
10 Red 33% 1,852
11 Ried 25% 1,303
12 Raid 25% 1,290
13 Rud 33% 928
14 Reede 20% 874
15 Rod 33% 681
16 Roud 50% 625
17 Rade 25% 523
18 Orde 75% 455
19 Rode 25% 370
20 Rude 25% 288
21 Raud 25% 255
22 Rid 33% 254
23 Ard 67% 222
24 Rad 33% 168
25 Rodie 20% 123
26 Ruda 25% 120

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The surname Ord is the 4th most popular variant of Reed.

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