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Ford

in North Carolina

There are 4,552 people with the last name "Ford" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Ford 179
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  1. is 175th most common Bass
  2. is 176th most common Fowler
  3. is 177th most common Whitley
  4. is 178th most common Woods
  5. is 179th most common Ford
  6. is 180th most common Nichols
  7. is 181st most common Burns
  8. is 182nd most common Garner
  9. is 183rd most common Rose

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ford

James, John, William, Robert, Michael, Mary, David, Charles, Richard, Patricia

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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