Last name: BAMFORD
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Last name frequency
BAMFORD : This last name is indexed 57,781 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BAMFORD : English: habitational name from any of various places (the two main ones being in Derbyshire and Lancashire) named with Old English bēam ‘tree beam’ + ford ‘ford’ i.e. a ford beside a plank bridge for those who wished to keep their feet dry.
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