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There are approximately 227 people named Jorden in the UK. That makes it the 14,218th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 4 are named Jorden.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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Gierden
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The Jorden surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

JORDiVN". JORDEN. Not, as has been fancifidlj conjectured, from the river Jordan, in Crusading times, but from Jourdain, an early Norman baptismal name, probably corrupted from the Lat. Hodiernus, wliich was a not uncommon jersonal name of the same period. It may bo remarked that the names Jourdaiu aud Hodierua, tlie feminine form, occur almost contempoi'aneousl)' in tlie pedigree of Sackville. Marin's Dutch Diet, defines Jordeu as Gregory, " een man's naam, Gregohe, uom d' homme."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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