Orford

English thumb|Orford Quay, Suffolk, England Etymology From en ang ōra bank, shore + ang ford ford. Pronunciation en /ˈɔːfəd/ RP en /ˈɔɹfɚd/ GA Proper noun ~ s A number of places: en suburb city/Warrington co/Cheshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ609902. en village/and/cpar in dist/East Suffolk co/Suffolk cc/England OS grid ref TM422499. Parish map (Suffolk) en Donna Ferguson ‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/britain-wildlife-safari-grey-seal-baby-boom-norfolk-colonies-environment-north-sea-windfarms 2024-12-26 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018133115/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/britain-wildlife-safari-grey-seal-baby-boom-norfolk-colonies-environment-north-sea-windfarms 18 October 2026 en twpmun in rcomun/Memphrémagog r/Estrie p/Quebec c/Canada. en former township mun:suf/Chatham-Kent p/Ontario c/Canada. en town co/Grafton County s/New Hampshire c/US. en coastal village carea/Glamorgan-Spring Bay s/Tasmania c/Australia. en town shire:Pref/Moyne s/Victoria c/Australia. en habitational Old English. Derived terms en Ore<qq:back-formation from Orford, Suffolk> Port Orford cedar 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