Lawford
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From the Old English personal name Lealla + ford (“ford”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lawford (countable and uncountable, plural Lawfords)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0931). [2]
- A hamlet in Crowcombe parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1336).
- An unincorporated community in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lawford is the 152628th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 107 individuals. Lawford is most common among White (72.9%) and Black/African American (21.5%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lawford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
- ^ Parish map (Essex)
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- en:Villages in Essex, England
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- en:Villages in Somerset, England
- en:Places in Somerset, England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
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- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- English surnames
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