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語源

From 古期英語 ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔːfəd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɔɹfɚd/

固有名詞

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).
      • 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian‎:

        Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.

   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.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Orford is the 109258 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.

参照

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