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Ford

in Iowa

There are 1,291 people with the last name "Ford" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Ford 142
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  1. is 138th most common Holmes
  2. is 139th most common Hernandez
  3. is 140th most common Rasmussen
  4. is 141st most common Jacobs
  5. is 142nd most common Ford
  6. is 143rd most common Sanders
  7. is 144th most common Henry
  8. is 145th most common Wheeler
  9. is 146th most common Benson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ford

James, Michael, David, Robert, John, Mary, Thomas, William, Charles, Larry

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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