The duford Surname

duford Name Meaning and History

Variant of French Dufort.
English: apparently a habitational name, perhaps from Dulford in Broadhembury, Devon, which is named from an unattested Old English word dylfet ‘pit’, ‘quarry’.

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The duford name in History

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Distribution of duford Families in the US in 1920

Number of duford families

12-22

5-11

1-4

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Narcisse Bougret dit Duford of QC	nony01	3
Bougret/Duford/Dufort/ Dufour	opechee571	1
Elizabeth rose Duford	thejenneral	0
THE DUFORDS OF MINNESOTA	CHRISBOIS	0
The duford family of vermont	stacy johnson	2
Donaldo Duford	CarlaGonterman	3
David Duford	JanetOlsen27	0
Duford, Canada- Michigan	Janet_O	0
Still looking for Aurelia	Janet Olsen	0
Amelia Duford	mcpopp	0

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