Welford

English

Etymology

From either Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) or welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Welford (countable and uncountable, plural Welfords)

1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4073).
2. A village and civil parish in Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP6480).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Welford is the 42640^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 508 individuals. Welford is most common among White (78.35%) and Black/African American (16.93%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• red wolf