The belford Surname

belford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Northumberland named Belford, from Old English belle ‘bell-shaped hill’ + ford ‘ford’.

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The belford name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the belford family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of belford Families in the US in 1920

Number of belford families

30-57

11-29

1-10

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Thread	Author	Replies
BELFORD Mabel D 1905-1995	t42Moore	0
BELFORD Oren P 1892-1958	t42Moore	0
Belford family from County Kildare, Ireland	Aidan98	2
looking for long lost relatives	cma2mefromyou	1
John Eugene Belford	stony_acres	0
Belford's of Brooklyn, NY	Donna Hinton	3
Belford family	Liz Harris	21
Walter R. Belford of Savannah, GA 1943	drbrownlee	0
May Emblem	baysik33	0
William BELFORd	Charlotte	8

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