Ford Forename

58,809th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 10,628 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tonga

Ford Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: A passing or crossing.

Ford Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
6,1801:58,6633,118
Canada
100%
5891:56,2543,565
Zambia-5351:29,6352,241
Tanzania
100%
4491:117,5696,174
Ghana
100%
4491:60,1033,023
Zimbabwe
100%
4211:36,6363,473
Philippines
99%
 
3721:284,97211,311
Malawi
100%
1691:101,2565,457
Haiti
100%
1551:69,2064,295
Russia
95%
 
1411:1,022,9348,744
England
100%
1381:402,9209,267
Papua New Guinea
100%
1151:70,8906,723
Egypt
100%
871:1,056,33318,582
China-711:19,240,22260,310
South Africa
100%
691:790,32832,596
Nigeria
97%
 
631:2,818,48250,173
Australia-541:252,9195,580
Uganda
93%
 
481:853,26915,864
Indonesia-451:5,732,526217,519
New Zealand-351:129,6015,007
India
100%
331:36,814,484702,984
Botswana
100%
321:68,2646,262
Liberia
100%
311:142,3255,578
Ireland
100%
271:171,9823,538
DR Congo
75%
 
271:2,734,35659,996
Scotland
100%
251:214,0153,700
Solomon Islands
100%
191:30,5772,198
Malaysia
95%
 
181:1,691,66351,518
Kenya
100%
171:2,723,94821,409
Mexico
100%
161:7,759,02726,141
Brazil
100%
161:13,389,760149,801
Germany
100%
161:6,042,36723,110
Belarus
71%
 
111:862,0354,760
Hong Kong-91:861,4145,456
Poland
100%
91:4,225,2354,388
Cameroon
100%
91:2,401,16748,579
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
Thailand-71:10,009,402140,485
Sweden
100%
61:1,642,98427,315
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Pakistan
100%
51:38,871,536142,270
Turkey-51:15,560,34240,635
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Tonga-41:26,859378
Italy
84%
 
41:15,265,52238,916
Israel
 
71%
41:2,100,73020,870
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
Switzerland
100%
41:2,053,37418,217
Wales
100%
31:1,031,43610,092
Singapore
100%
31:2,095,68522,815
Lebanon
100%
31:1,875,85711,580
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
France-31:22,156,78046,973
Cambodia-21:8,136,66551,498
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Colombia
100%
21:23,889,46363,722
Argentina
100%
21:21,386,62229,627
Lesotho
100%
21:1,019,99836,117
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Austria-21:4,257,10013,469
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Afghanistan
100%
11:32,623,51666,536
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Netherlands
80%
 
11:16,902,08343,152
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040

Ford (350,371) may also be a surname.

Ford Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: A passing or crossing.

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

Ford Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fords8910/
Foord8910/
Fourd897/
Fordd894/
Fford893/
Fhord893/
Foerd893/
Foird892/
Hford891/
Forhd891/
Fordz891/
Fordt891/
Forrd891/
For864,179/
Phford801/
Ffordd801/
Fort752,744/
Fard752,461/
Ferd751,690/
Fore75847/
Four75407/
Forh7555/
Foor7536/
Forz7533/
Forr7512/
Furd7512/
Vord759/
Vfor754/
Foir753/
Fuor753/
Fhor751/
Fohr751/
Fotr751/
Fgor751/
Forp751/
Foyr751/
Geeford738/
Foure6713,385/
Forte67324/
Forth67129/
Foort67104/
Forre6730/
Farhd6716/
Foire6712/
Forgy679/
Forts677/
Fardh676/
Fourt676/
Foirr672/
Foert672/
Farzd672/
Fardz672/
Fards672/
Farrd672/
Fhort672/
Fhorr672/
Ferrd672/
Voyrd672/
Fortt672/
Phord672/
Frhwd672/
Ferdt671/
Pferd671/
Pfort671/
Voord671/
Vorrd671/
Hfour671/
Frdwh671/
Fojre671/
Foyrz671/
Fgorh671/
Faerd671/
Far'd671/
Faurd671/
Forhe671/
Ffoor671/
Feurd671/
Ferdh671/
Fuore671/
Foyre671/
Forrh671/
Fourh671/
Fourr671/
Fortp671/
Vfort671/
Fherd671/
Foirt671/
Foore671/

Ford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ford in the Russian language
Фордford-

Search for Another Forename

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ford