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montford Name Meaning and History

  1. variant of Montfort.
  2. habitational name from Montford in Shropshire, named in Old English as Maneford, from (ge)m?ne or mann (genitive plural -a) ‘communal’, ‘of the community’ + ford ‘ford’; or from Mundford in Norfolk, named in Old English as ‘Munda’s ford’, from Munda, an unattested Old English personal name, + ford ‘ford’.

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Distribution of montford Families in the US in 1920
Number of montford families
 18-34
 7-17
 1-6
 0
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