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Ford

in the US

There are 138,602 people with the last name "Ford" in the United States.

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Ford 117
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  1. is 113th most common Stevens
  2. is 114th most common Murray
  3. is 115th most common Bryant
  4. is 116th most common Marshall
  5. is 117th most common Ford
  6. is 118th most common Harrison
  7. is 119th most common Mcdonald
  8. is 120th most common Reyes
  9. is 121st most common Kennedy

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ford

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

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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