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De%20foor Name Meaning

Flemish (mainly Defoor):: topographic name from Dutch voort ‘ford’ (see Vandervoort ) with the definite article de ‘the’. altered form of French Dufour (compare Defer ) and perhaps also of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname such as Dufort .

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: De Roos, De Wolf, Devor, De Roo, Door, De Boer, De Heer, De Moura

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