The swinford Surname

swinford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places called Swinford in Oxfordshire and Leicestershire, from Kingswinford in Staffordshire, or from Old Swinford in Worcestershire, named with Old English swin ‘swine’, ‘hog’ + ford ‘ford’.

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The swinford name in History

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

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Distribution of swinford Families in the US in 1920

Number of swinford families

42-82

15-41

1-14

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Thread	Author	Replies
George W. Dill m. Nancy M Swinford, Shelby Co. IN 16 Sep 1866	janebonacci	22
info on grandmother	johnnynell	7
John & Sarah Swinford	1st61	1
Swinfords in Myrtle Tree Cemetery, Nodaway Co. MO	kat615	2
Sarah H Swinford	1st61	2
Debbie Jackson, researcher of Swinford line	carolynegould	0
Swinford in OK	Missi Darnell	2
Swinford obituary	1st61	0
carlos swinford	barb king	2
Jim Swinford	LSWINFORD	0

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