Horsford

English

Etymology

From Old English hors (“horse”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Horsford (countable and uncountable, plural Horsfords)

1. A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1916).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Horsford is the 36695^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Horsford is most common among Black/African American (61.08%) and White (29.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horsford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.