Holford
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).
Proper noun[edit]
Holford (countable and uncountable, plural Holfords)
- A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1541).
- A neighbourhood of Perry Barr, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0791).
- A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Holford is the 20961st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1256 individuals. Holford is most common among White (77.79%) and Black/African American (12.58%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Somerset, England
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- en:Places in Somerset, England
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- en:Neighbourhoods in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in the West Midlands, England
- en:Villages in Ontario
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English