Rayford Family History
Rayford Name Meaning
English (also Wrayford): topographic name for someone
who lived by a ford on the Wray river.Probably an Americanized spelling of German
Reifarth, Raifarth, or Reifert, from a Germanic
personal name composed of the elements ric ‘power(ful)’ +
frid- ‘peace’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rayford Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rayford families
 33 - 63  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rayford 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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Rayford Family Origin
Rayford Immigration Information
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Rayford Family Occupations
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