Last Name LORD

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Meaning The lord, the master, the head of the household.
A term of civil dignity, a master, ruler, the proprietor of a manor, derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'ord,' which comes from 'ored,' a governor, with the prefix of the letter 'L,' 'le,' denoting the person or place. Gaelic, 'ard,' 'ord,' high, lofty, the prime chief, superior. 'Lord' has been derived from 'Hlaford,' which is compounded of 'Hlaf,' a loaf, and 'ford,' to give, - a bread-giver.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Kenyan

Rank 1,399 (2000 US census) 1,268 (1990 US census)
Count 23,221 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.95%, or 20887 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.94%, or 1147 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.76%, or 176 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.54%, or 125 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.6%, or 372 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.21%, or 513 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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