Handford

English

Etymology

Variant of Hanford, with intrusive -d-.

Proper noun

Handford (plural Handfords)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Handford is the 40976^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 532 individuals. Handford is most common among Black/African American (49.25%) and White (42.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Handford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124.