Mountfort

English

Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montfort-sur-Risle, in Normandy. See French mont (“mountain, hill”), fort (“strong”). Compare Mountford.

Proper noun

Mountfort (plural Mountforts)

1. A surname from Norman.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mountford is the 196218^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 104 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mountfort”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 627.