as a Last Name
- 26,796
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rutherford
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from a place in the Scottish Borders near Roxburgh, probably named with an early British river name of unknown etymology + Old English ford ‘ford’. There is another place of the same name in North Yorkshire, named with hryðer ‘cattle’ + Old English ford ‘ford’, but this does not seem to have contributed to the surname.
| 1,127th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Ruth, Retherford, Ruther, Ruthven, Ruthenberg, Ruthruff, Ruthrauff, Ruthledge, Rutherfor, Rutherfoord
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 26,796
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Tennessee
- has the most people named Rutherford per capita
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