Ordinary Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Ordinary Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the ordinary,' a bishop or overseer. the French ordinaire. I see no signs of its present existence, but one cannot speak positively on this question. These surnames turn up when least expected.

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Ordinary Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ordinary (106) may also be a first name.

Ordinary Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the ordinary,' a bishop or overseer. the French ordinaire. I see no signs of its present existence, but one cannot speak positively on this question. These surnames turn up when least expected.

Walter Ordinar, Cambridgeshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Elena Ordiner, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Thomas Ordiner, Suffolk, ibid.

Isabel Ordiner, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

John de Ordeiner, 1326. Writs of Parliament.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Ordinary Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ordinary Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ordinary (Russian: Ординары) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ordinary? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ordinary is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Ordinary is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ordinary reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 915,176th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 106 people.

The surname Ordinary is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 69 percent live and Njombe Region, where 31 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 6 percent live and Qatar, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ordinaryo9411/
Ordinari881/
Ordinara881/
Ordinario826,387/
Ordinaire82182/
Ordinairi821/
Ordenaryo821/
Orddinario781/
Ordinarrio781/
Ordinora751/
Ordenara751/
D'Ordinario741/
Ordenario71167/
Gardinari713/
Ardinario712/
Urdinario711/
Ordinário711/
Gardinario673/

Ordinary Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ordinary in the Russian language
Ординарыordinary-

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