Salford
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Sawford
Etymology edit
From Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + ford (“ford”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Salford (countable and uncountable, plural Salfords)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8098).
- A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2828).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
city
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Salford is the 43050th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 70 individuals.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears