Ford Surname

1,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350,371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Ford Surname Definition:

Local, from residence by a ford or stream-crossing place. Thomas de Furd was presbyter, diocese of St. Andrews, 1406 (RPSA., p. 11), and William Forde of Scotland had payment for his wages in 1489 (Bain, IV, 1551). Adam Fuideheld the lands of Burnecastell in 1493 (Laing, 217), and William Furde of Burncastel witnessed a retour of special service in 1505 (Home, 29).

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Ford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States235,5981:1,538121
England49,5601:1,124112
Australia24,2231:1,114111
Canada13,7411:2,681327
South Africa4,2291:12,8111,607
New Zealand3,3071:1,369152
Wales3,0031:1,03093
Scotland2,7241:1,965353
Jamaica2,1761:1,319230
Russia9731:148,12217,162
Liberia8421:5,236635
Ireland6791:6,9351,011
Thailand5881:120,13317,989
Panama5571:7,024727
France5121:129,73219,797
Argentina5041:84,8087,176
Northern Ireland4701:3,926780
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Venezuela3601:83,9003,307
Spain3551:131,69610,008
Germany2811:286,49629,863
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Trinidad and Tobago2351:5,804912
Tanzania2291:231,18619,065
Brazil2231:959,97534,174
India2141:3,584,418101,069
Honduras1941:45,4461,203
Mexico1661:747,74811,221
Bahamas1611:2,433340
Philippines1511:670,45269,467
Dominican Republic1391:75,0573,477
Netherlands1211:139,56321,355
Uruguay1151:29,8413,435
Belize1141:3,118631
Japan1111:1,151,75021,519
Zimbabwe1111:139,08318,071
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Costa Rica1031:46,4081,103
Nigeria991:1,789,32164,938
Kenya911:507,47125,695
Ecuador871:182,8267,608
Suriname771:7,1771,738
China761:17,991,0731,021
Malaysia721:409,64221,284
Denmark711:79,5037,759
Saint Lucia711:2,518396
Antigua and Barbuda671:1,480258
Guernsey661:976172
Italy591:1,036,55470,719
United States Virgin Islands591:1,871308
Guyana541:14,1151,941
Belarus531:179,26523,543
Israel531:161,46516,670
Sweden521:189,36113,089
Chile481:367,01010,126
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Norway471:109,41014,618
Bermuda461:1,419226
Falkland Islands461:682
Isle of Man451:1,907364
Guatemala441:365,5154,900
Hong Kong441:166,7162,952
Indonesia421:3,148,790173,812
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Kazakhstan381:465,32934,912
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Colombia371:1,291,19110,220
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Jersey321:3,100566
Ghana301:900,69011,474
Austria271:315,38635,058
Greece271:410,36354,524
Cayman Islands261:2,457306
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Cuba251:460,9095,712
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Iceland241:15,8371,339
South Korea241:2,135,011473
Egypt231:3,997,20748,071
Taiwan231:1,019,3377,080
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Guam211:7,6251,143
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
Gibraltar191:1,787420
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
United Arab Emirates191:482,22523,275
Seychelles181:5,133784
British Virgin Islands171:1,858249
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Barbados151:19,1631,043
Solomon Islands151:38,6697,565
Cook Islands131:1,398376
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Finland121:458,05828,977
Haiti121:890,32611,483
Afghanistan111:2,923,01717,932
Oman111:335,2704,992
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Vietnam111:8,422,3692,636
Moldova101:356,13727,160
Norfolk Island91:25541
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Puerto Rico71:507,1633,435
Algeria61:6,438,59253,709
Angola61:4,498,2026,967
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sri Lanka61:3,468,09312,102
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Bangladesh51:31,871,35517,304
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Grenada51:21,7071,054
Malawi51:3,423,82224,042
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Malta41:107,5681,849
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Lithuania31:1,011,52932,308
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Sudan31:12,503,39814,123
Anguilla21:6,718471
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Myanmar21:25,968,9922,110
Rwanda21:5,682,4895,910
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Togo21:3,623,88411,997
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Turkmenistan21:2,744,55611,412
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Comoros11:749,524685
Dominica11:75,891912
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7711:5,746944
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England26,5881:91794
Scotland1,7871:2,095383
Wales7861:1,995141
Jersey221:2,358391
Guernsey131:2,512419
Isle of Man71:7,753762
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States45,1301:1,11396

Ford (10,628) may also be a first name.

Ford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local, from residence by a ford or stream-crossing place. Thomas de Furd was presbyter, diocese of St. Andrews, 1406 (RPSA., p. 11), and William Forde of Scotland had payment for his wages in 1489 (Bain, IV, 1551). Adam Fuideheld the lands of Burnecastell in 1493 (Laing, 217), and William Furde of Burncastel witnessed a retour of special service in 1505 (Home, 29). George Fuird, 'flescher, indueller in Innemcs,' was accused in 1603 of buying 'of quheit plaidis fra unfrie men in the Chanonrie of Ross' (Rec. Inv., II, p. 9). Patrick Fuird in Simprein, 1653, Alexander Foord in Hilton, 1677, and others of the name appear in Lauder Commissariot Record. Isobel Foorde in Pitlandie, parish of Monydie, 1688 (Dunkeld), and John Foord in Mosshouses, 1690 (RRM., III, p. 112). Foourd 1750, Fovrd 1675, Furd 1551, Fwrd 1689.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Dweller at a Stream- Crossing [Old English ford]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A well known English name widely used as a synonym of several Irish surnames. See MacKinnawe, MacElnay, Foran. Forhane. IF 150; MIF 110,274; Map Gal and Leit

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) Dweller, or worker, at a stream crossing.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes and places in cos. Durham, Sussex, Bucks, Northumberland, Salop, Wilts, Devon, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

As a Cornish name, perhaps from Ford in Lanhydroch; from ford, a way.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Durham, Salop, Staffordshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Ford: (Celtic fordd; A.S. ford), a way; only in a secondary sense signifies a ford across a river. The numerous places whose names end in “ford” often show how common fords were, and how scarce were bridges. Several fords are named after the river through which the ford lay. There are fifteen Stamfords, Stanfords or Stainforths where were stepping- stones. Coggleford was paved with cobbles. Staplefords were protected by piles driven into the bed of the stream. Twenty-two Sandfords or Samfords indicate sandy bottoms. Stratfords point to fords on old Roman roads. It must not, however, be lost sight of that a good many places ending in “ford” are on no river at all, or on tiny brooks, that could be stepped across. Such places take their names from the use of the word “ford” as a highway. In the West of England “ford” is often altered into ver - Vitiver is the Whiteford, or white-paved highway leading across Dartmoor and above the head of the Webburn. Rediver is the Redford, also where is no stream. Ford may also be a modernization of the O.N. varðr, a place of protection and defence. And it is not possible in many cases, without local knowledge, to determine whether “ford” stands for road, ford over a river, or place of defence.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Ford. —Characteristic of the southern and western counties. Absent or singularly rare north of a line drawn from the Wash to the Mersey. It is at present most numerous in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hants, and Cheshire. In almost all the counties where this name is at all frequent we find it in one form or another as a place - name.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Ford Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ford Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ford (Russian: Форд) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ford is the 1,551st most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 20,800 people. Ford is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Ford are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 58,809th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10,628 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 235,598 people, or 1 in 1,538. In The United States Ford is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Beside The United States it exists in 171 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Ford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ford surname rose 522 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 382 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 12 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Ford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (71%) in Ireland, Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Ford surname are 9.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.23% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ford earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.53% less than the national average, earning 337,311 kr per year; in Peru they earn 223.14% more than the national average, earning S/. 62,640 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.33% more than the national average, earning R 342,984 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning $24,297,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.09% less than the national average, earning $40,952 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.33% more than the national average, earning $51,833 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foord894,691/
Fords89183/
Fourd8957/
Fordt8940/
Fohrd8925/
Fford899/
Fordd897/
Fordh893/
Foerd892/
Forrd891/
Pford891/
Foird891/
Wford891/
Hford891/
For86726/
Pfordt80130/
Foords801/
Wfford801/
Pfordp801/
D'Ford801/
Fourds801/
Fordtz800/
Fort7530,815/
Fard7513,809/
Fore7510,607/
Four759,308/
Foor753,960/
Fohr751,145/
Furd75302/
Ferd75277/
Forr75267/
Forh75172/
Fotr75168/
Vord7576/
Forţ7534/
Forț7531/
Forø7521/
Färd7516/
Forp758/
Forz756/
Ffor754/
Foir753/
Foyr752/
Fuor751/
Fhor751/
Fgor751/
Fojr751/
Pfordte73105/
Fordova738/
Fordová734/
Geeford731/
Forte6766,859/
Forth675,029/
Foure671,743/
Pforr671,242/
Forgy67829/
Fortt67610/
Fourt67549/
Foore67508/
Foort67492/
Forre67273/
Foire67187/
Forts6795/
Fourr6781/
Pfort6759/
Foert6725/
Pferd6724/
Fuore6719/
Forcz6717/
Fottr6713/
Faurd6712/
Forzh679/
Fourh679/
Pfoor676/
Farrd675/
Fards674/
Phord674/
Voord673/
Pfour673/
Fourz672/
Farhd672/
Fuorr672/
Fohrt672/
Forût672/
Ferrd671/
Fherd671/
Faard671/
Fotrh671/
Footr671/
Forhe671/
Fhorr671/
Pfurd671/
Pfard671/
Fârïd671/
Fürdő671/
Furdh671/
Farïd671/
Fohre671/
Forrh671/
Forrő671/
Hfard671/
Fardd671/
Fgoyr671/
Fhohr671/
Fhour671/
Fardh671/
Hwfor671/
Fardt670/
Fhort670/
Forpp670/
Ferdt670/
Forhs670/
Pfohr670/
Fhore670/

Ford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ford in the Russian language
Фордford-

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