Backford Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Backford Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Backford family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Cabman 1
Cellarman 1
Flour Carman 1
Laundress 1
Annuitant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Backford

Name Census Frequency
William Backford 13
Mary Backford 10
John Backford 7
Alfred Backford 5
Charles Backford 5
Emma Backford 5
James Backford 5
Alice Backford 4
Elizabeth Backford 4
Florence Backford 4
George Backford 4
Harriet Backford 4
Henry Backford 4
Jane Backford 4
Nellie Backford 4
Thomas Backford 4
Maria Backford 3
Ann Backford 2
Annie Backford 2
Arthur Backford 2
Eliza Backford 2
Ellen Backford 2
Emily Backford 2
Hannah Backford 2
Helen Backford 2

Backford Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bickford 88% 3,999
2 Beckford 88% 1,539
3 Backford 100% 149
4 Buckford 88% 149

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The surname Backford is the 3rd most popular variant of Bickford.

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