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buford Name Meaning and History

  1. English: most probably a variant of Beaufort.
  2. Possibly an Anglicized spelling of French Buffard, which is from Old French bouffard, a term which meant ‘puffing and blowing’, hence an unflattering nickname for an irascible or self-important man.

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

Distribution of buford Families in the US in 1920
Number of buford families
 109-215
 37-108		 1-36
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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