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Stafford


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Origin Of The Surname Stafford

Meaning Of The Surname Stafford

From the Place of the Stony Ford

Interesting Facts About Stafford

Stafford is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself is of Old English origin and means ‘the stony ford’.

Stafford Statistics

Stafford is the number 1787 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,095 share the surname Stafford in the UK.

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