The stratford Surname

stratford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Greater London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Wiltshire, and Warwickshire, named in Old English with str?t ‘paved highway’, ‘Roman road’ (see Street) + ford ‘ford’.

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The stratford name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the stratford family name as far back in history as possible.

stratford Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of stratford Families in the US in 1920

Number of stratford families

14-26

5-13

1-4

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William Stratford - Obituary	ShuShuMo	0
STRATFORD - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND	David F Thorn	6
Stratford coat of arms	kim	3
Stratford ancestry	SandraHands12	18
William Stratford/Eng	kempkeshirley	2
Stratfords Jersey.Channel Isles	Carole Page	2
Stratfords of Deptford and Lambeth	ponies53	2
James Stratford 1806 Tring Herts	JennifGaye	0
STRATFORD (IRISH)	JudithRice	9
fredrick Stratford	PETER JOHN ANDERSON	3

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