Catford

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kætfəd/

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Proper noun

Catford (countable and uncountable, plural Catfords)

1. A suburban town in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London, England.
   • 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 40:

     ‘My grandma lived in Catford. I spent a lot of time there growing up.’

2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Catford is the 25208^th most common surname in England, belonging to 160 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Catford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 304.
• Forebears