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The beresford Surname

beresford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in the parish of Alstonfield, Staffordshire named Beresford, from Old English beofor ‘beaver’ (or possibly from a byname from this word) + Old English ford ‘ford’. This name also became established in Ireland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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beresford Family Facts

Distribution of beresford Families in the US in 1920
Number of beresford families
 16-29
 6-15		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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