Salford

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Sawford

Etymology

From Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + ford (“ford”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒlfərd/

Proper noun

Salford (countable and uncountable, plural Salfords)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8098).
   2. A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP2828).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Salford Priors

Translations

city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索爾福德／索尔福德 (Suǒ'ěrfúdé)

• Russian: Со́лфорд m (Sólford)
• Urdu: سالفورڈ (sālforḍ)

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Salford is the 43050^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 70 individuals.

See also

• Salfords

Further reading

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