Medford Family History
Medford Name Meaning
Apparently an English habitational name from an unidentified
place. Possibly it originated in North America, from Medford, MA, which
is named as ‘the ford by the meadow’. pwh.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Medford Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Medford families
 45 - 87  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Medford families
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12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Medford Family Origin
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