Last name: FORDE
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FORDE : This last name is indexed 48,618 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
FORDE : 1: English and Irish: variant of Ford 1 and 2. This is a very common spelling in Ireland.2: Norwegian (Førde): habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Førde (there are eleven on the west coast) from Old Norse fyrthi dative of fjǫrthr ‘fjord’.
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