Belford Forename

393,184th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Belford Forename Definition:

A French-Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at the] sightly crossing.

Belford Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
2571:1,410,65026,392
South Africa
100%
391:1,398,27347,393
Nigeria
100%
231:7,720,190100,438
Colombia
100%
201:2,388,94618,551
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
Jamaica-141:205,9456,774
Costa Rica
100%
131:366,7656,353
Nicaragua
100%
131:462,9498,230
Philippines
100%
111:9,637,225138,004
Venezuela
100%
101:3,020,18947,166
Puerto Rico-61:591,7174,217
Brazil
100%
51:42,847,231319,361
Peru
100%
51:6,358,29142,272
Canada-41:8,283,34367,579
Honduras-31:2,939,15620,066
Congo
100%
31:1,669,73530,542
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Malaysia-11:30,449,940373,101
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
France-11:66,470,34085,030
England
100%
11:55,602,921189,715
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996

Belford (5,498) may also be a surname.

Belford Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A French-Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at the] sightly crossing.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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