Fordy is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fordy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Fordy is a variant of Forty. Forty is used by the Scottish poet Douglas, in the sense of brave. French fort. Hence these names probably refer to the courage of their original owners.

Family name is a variant of the Fortner. A combatant in a tilting match.

Form of the Fort. French Le Fort. Strong, powerful.

Lastname is variant form of Fort. Descendant of Fort meaning "strong"; the strong man.

Surname is the form of the Ortiz. The son of Ordono meaning "the unfortunate".

How popular is Fordy?

Fordy is common in England.

Fordy is ranked 995155 on our list.

Fordy is a very rare family name, few people in England and Liberia have the last name. Around 257 people have been found who wears Fordy as their family name. Fordy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Fordy:
26,171 England151
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
71,777 Canada39
13,691 Liberia21
685,294 United States15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
109,517 Papua New Guinea7
28,047 Scotland6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old farmer Dennis Fordy who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 14, 1848 by Souvenir put out from Limerick. Catherine Fordy (19) Workwoman, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Laborer Serogaline Fordy from Germany aboard the France from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 35 years old when he arrived in United States on June 13, 1871.

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