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Origin Of The Surname Rutherford
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Meaning Of The Surname Rutherford
One who Lives by the Cattle Ford
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Interesting
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Rutherford
Rutherford is a surname found most frequently in the North of England and into Scotland. It comes from the Old English ‘hryther’, a word used to refer to a herd of cattle, combined with ford to mean ‘the ford where cattle cross’. This would have been used as a topographical surname. These surnames described the area that the bearer lived in, or a nearby landmark. A person with the surname Rutherford would have lived next to such a river crossing. |
Rutherford Statistics
Rutherford is the number 1387 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 7,703 share the surname Rutherford in the UK.
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