Walford
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English
Etymology
Various origins:
- The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).
- The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).
Proper noun
Walford (countable and uncountable, plural Walfords)
- A placename:
- A village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO587204). [1]
- A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ434206).
- A village in Creech St Michael parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST271281).
- A community of Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
- A city in Benton County, Iowa, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Walford is the 29334th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 806 individuals. Walford is most common among White (67.62%) and Black/African American (25.81%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Walford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.