Blatchford

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, which is probably named with the Old English personal name Blæcca + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Blatchford (plural Blatchfords)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blatchford is the 24466^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1023 individuals. Blatchford is most common among White (88.07%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blatchford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171.