Radford

English

Alternative forms

• Redifer

Etymology

From Old English rēad (“red”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Radford (countable and uncountable, plural Radfords)

1. A number of places in England:
   1. An inner city area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5540).
   2. A hamlet in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4023).
   3. A hamlet mostly in Timsbury parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6757).
   4. A suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3280).
   5. A hamlet in Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0055).
2. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Illinois, United States.
3. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Radford is the 2785^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12956 individuals. Radford is most common among White (78.2%) and Black/African American (16.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Radford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.