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samford Name Meaning and History

English: variant of Sandford, probably relating specifically to various minor places in Devon and Somerset, for example Sampford Arundel in Somerset or Sampford Courtenay in Devon.

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Distribution of samford Families in the US in 1840
Number of samford families
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