as a Last Name
- 1,170
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Byford
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. habitational name from a place named Byford, from Old English byge ‘bend’ + ford ‘ford’. There is one such on the Wye near Hereford. 2. topographic name for someone who lived by a ford, from Middle English by ‘by’, ‘beside’ + ford.
| 20,484th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,170
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Byford per capita
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