Ford

in Massachusetts

There are 2,681 people with the last name "Ford" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Ford 183
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  1. is 179th most common Driscoll
  2. is 180th most common James
  3. is 181st most common Moran
  4. is 182nd most common Brennan
  5. is 183rd most common Ford
  6. is 184th most common Welch
  7. is 185th most common Almeida
  8. is 186th most common Correia
  9. is 187th most common Hamilton

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ford

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



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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