Walford

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)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO587204).
   2. A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ434206).
   3. A village in Creech St Michael parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST271281).
   4. A community in Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
   5. A city in Benton County, Iowa, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• walfordite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Walford is the 29334^th 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.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Walford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Lawford, Waldorf