Rufford

English

Etymology

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufforth.

Proper noun

Rufford (countable and uncountable, plural Ruffords)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4615).
   2. A hamlet and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6465).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rufford is the 51324^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears