Ordway 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 9
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Ordway Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ordway family

Profession Census Frequency
Brush Drawer 2
Turner 2
Brazier 1
Patient 1
Spin Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ordway

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Ordway 19
Sarah Ordway 16
William Ordway 16
George Ordway 14
Frederick Ordway 12
Mary Ordway 12
Richard Ordway 9
Francis Ordway 7
Henry Ordway 7
Margaret Ordway 7
Jane Ordway 6
John Ordway 6
Joseph Ordway 6
Caroline Ordway 5
Elizabeth Ordway 5
Emily Ordway 5
Emma Ordway 5
Herbert Ordway 5
Albert Ordway 4
Ann Ordway 4
Harry Ordway 4
Minnie Ordway 4
Rose Ordway 4
Catherine Ordway 3
Eliza Ordway 3

Ordway Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rodway 67% 6,780
2 Redway 67% 965
3 Radway 67% 855
4 Rodaway 57% 705
5 Roadway 71% 371
6 Rideway 57% 311
7 Redaway 57% 280
8 Ordway 100% 273
9 Ridway 67% 259

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The surname Ordway is the 8th most popular variant of Rodway.

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