Rufford
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English
Etymology
From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufforth.
Proper noun
Rufford (countable and uncountable, plural Ruffords)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4615).
- A hamlet and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6465).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rufford is the 51324th most common surname in England, belonging to 53 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rufford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears