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Ford

in California

There are 9,707 people with the last name "Ford" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Ford 215
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  1. is 211th most common Ellis
  2. is 212th most common Coleman
  3. is 213th most common West
  4. is 214th most common Mcdonald
  5. is 215th most common Ford
  6. is 216th most common Murray
  7. is 217th most common Jensen
  8. is 218th most common Cabrera
  9. is 219th most common Valenzuela

Similar Names and Nicknames

Forde, Fordham, Fordyce, Fargo, Forgey, Forgue, Forgy, Forge, Fordice, Fard

Most Common First Names for Ford

John, Robert, James, Michael, William, Richard, David, Thomas

Meaning & 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).

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