Ordway

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Ordiway

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ordway (countable and uncountable, plural Ordways)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A statutory town, the county seat of Crowley County, Colorado, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ordway is the 11478^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2741 individuals. Ordway is most common among White (93.65%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ordway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Rodway