Ford

in West Virginia

There are 1,081 people with the last name "Ford" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Ford 199
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  1. is 195th most common Crawford
  2. is 196th most common Hudson
  3. is 197th most common Owens
  4. is 198th most common Elliott
  5. is 199th most common Ford
  6. is 200th most common Poling
  7. is 201st most common Underwood
  8. is 202nd most common Wallace
  9. is 203rd most common Toler

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ford

James, John, Richard, Michael, Charles, Donald, Robert, David, William, Gary



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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