Last Name FORDE

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Meaning Local: At the ford. Probably the original bearer occupied an official or occupative position in maintaining a way. At any rate a ford would attract a settlement in its close neighbourhood. Hence the familiarity of the last name. Hence, too, so many place-names with suffix '-ford' or '-forth.'
Origin English, Jewish, Norwegian, Irish

Rank 6,905 (2000 US census) 5,451 (1990 US census)
Count 4,480 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 45.29%, or 2029 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 47.97%, or 2149 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.65%, or 29 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.16%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.81%, or 126 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.13%, or 140 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest baby names

 We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Most Popular Kazakh Baby Names

 Below is the list of popular Kazakh first names in alphabetical order.

First girl baby names:

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