Last name: BERESFORD
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Last name frequency
BERESFORD : This last name is indexed 58,172 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BERESFORD : English: habitational name from a place in the parish of Alstonfield Staffordshire named Beresford from Old English beofor ‘beaver’ (or possibly from a byname from this word) + Old English ford ‘ford’. This name also became established in Ireland.
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