Last name: DANFORD

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DANFORD : This last name is indexed 10,839 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

DANFORD : 1: English: habitational name possibly from Danesford near Bridgnorth (Shropshire) originally derne ford ‘hidden ford’ but appearing as Danford in 1612. Accordingly it might be from any of several other places whose names have the same origin including: Darnford in Suffolk Great Durnford in Wiltshire or Dernford Farm in Sawston Cambridgeshire.2: English: variant of Denford a habitational name apparently from an unidentified place in Devon or alternatively from Denford (Northamptonshire) or Denford House in Kintbury (Berkshire).3: English: in southeastern England a variant of Dennard.4: English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Damfront (now Domfront) in Orne France.

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