The ford Surname

ford Name Meaning and History

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford, Middle English, Old English ford, or a habitational name from one of the many places named with this word, such as Ford in Northumberland, Shropshire, and West Sussex, or Forde in Dorset.
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example Mac Giolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran).
Jewish: Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Translation of German Fürth (see Furth).

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

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ford Family Facts

Distribution of ford Families in the US in 1920

Number of ford families

1040-2077

347-1039

1-346

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 2544 - Messages: 5919

Thread	Author	Replies
Earl L. Zimmer Ford, Michigan	katimcs	0
Siblings: Emery Ford & Sandy (nee Ford) Strzalka	katimcs	0
Fords of Knox Tenn.	vestes11	0
James and Parilee (Pairlee) Ford, Campbell Cty, TN	ozcs	4
CLAVERT AUGUSTUS FORD	patricia	2
FORD Lamar 1899 1978 married 23 Jan 1926	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
FORD Ruby G 1904 1969 married 23 Jan 1926	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
FORD Roy L 1928 1943	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
FORD Kathy Ann 1952-1980	t42Moore	0
FORD Ethel K and H Wendell	t42Moore	0

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