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blackford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackford, for example in Somerset, from Old English blæc ‘black’, ‘dark’ + ford ‘ford’.

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Distribution of blackford Families in the US in 1920
Number of blackford families
 58-113
 20-57
 1-19
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