Wilford Family History
Wilford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called
Wilford, in Nottinghamshire and Suffolk, both probably named with an
Old English wilig ‘willow tree’ + Old English ford
‘ford’.Dutch: see Williford.
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Name Distribution of Wilford Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wilford families
 31 - 59  11 - 30 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wilford families
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168 - 333 57 - 167 |
1 - 56 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wilford Family Origin
Wilford Immigration Information
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Wilford Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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