Montford

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Mountford

Etymology

Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.

Proper noun

Montford (countable and uncountable, plural Montfords)

1. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Montford is the 20709^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1277 individuals. Montford is most common among Black/African American (57.09%) and White (37.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Montford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 614.