Spofforth

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Spafford, Spofford

Etymology

From Old English splott (“plot of land”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Spofforth (countable and uncountable, plural Spofforths)

1. A village in Spofforth with Stockeld parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3651).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Spofforth is the 21818^th most common surname in England, belonging to 199 individuals.

Further reading

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