Fulford

English

Etymology

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Fulford (countable and uncountable, plural Fulfords)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A suburban village and civil parish in the city of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6148).
   2. A hamlet in Kingston St Mary parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2029).
   3. A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9538).
   4. A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
   5. A census-designated place in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fulford is the 8029^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4123 individuals. Fulford is most common among White (81.64%) and Black/African American (14.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fulford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 612.