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radford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the various places so named, for example in Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and Hereford and Worcester. Most are named from Old English read ‘red’ + ford ‘ford’, but it is possible that in some cases the first element may be a derivative of Old English ridan ‘to ride’, with the meaning ‘ford that can be crossed on horseback’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the radford family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of radford Families in the US in 1920
Number of radford families
 65-128
 22-64		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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