Balford 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 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 1
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Balford Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Balford family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Independent 2
Farmer 1
Independant 1
Weaver 1
Winder 1
Male Servant 1
Pupil 1
Wine Merchant 1
Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Balford

Name Census Frequency
John Balford 20
Mary Balford 20
Elizabeth Balford 16
James Balford 14
William Balford 14
Sarah Balford 12
Jane Balford 11
Robert Balford 11
Edward Balford 10
Thomas Balford 10
Charles Balford 9
George Balford 9
Emma Balford 7
Eliza Balford 6
Ellen Balford 6
Emily Balford 6
Henry Balford 6
Samuel Balford 6
Ann Balford 5
Charlotte Balford 5
David Balford 5
Albert Balford 4
Isabella Balford 4
Kate Balford 4
Louisa Balford 4

Balford Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Belford 86% 1,630
2 Bulford 86% 1,582
3 Balford 100% 423

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The surname Balford is the 3rd most popular variant of Belford.

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