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Linford


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Origin Of The Surname Linford

Meaning Of The Surname Linford

From the Town by the Lime Tree Ford

Interesting Facts About Linford

Linford 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 comes from the Old English ‘lind’ referring to a lime tree, combined with ‘ford’ referring to a river crossing.

Linford Statistics

Linford is the number 1766 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,134 share the surname Linford in the UK.

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