Ford

in Virginia

There are 4,337 people with the last name "Ford" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Ford 120
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  1. is 116th most common Bowman
  2. is 117th most common Griffin
  3. is 118th most common Graham
  4. is 119th most common Patterson
  5. is 120th most common Ford
  6. is 121st most common Sullivan
  7. is 122nd most common Cole
  8. is 123rd most common Stevens
  9. is 124th most common Spencer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ford

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



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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