Montford
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (surname): Mountford
Etymology
editRecorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.
Proper noun
editMontford (countable and uncountable, plural Montfords)
- A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Montford is the 20709th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1277 individuals. Montford is most common among Black/African American (57.09%) and White (37.43%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Montford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 614.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
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- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English