Ford is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ford
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Is variation of the Foard. See Ford - A shallow place in a river, which may be crossed without bridge or boat-a common termination of local surnames.
"In Ford, in Ham, in Ley, in Ton
The most of English Surnamesrun."

Parishes and places in counties Durham, Sussex, Bucks, Northumberland, Salop, Wilts, Devon, &c.

Ford is a form of the Alsford. Two parishes in Hampshire, and one in Essex bear the name of Alresford.

Surname Ford is variant of Atford. At ford.

Ford is variation of the Alford. One who came from Alford meaning the alder ford, or the ford of Ealdgyth. A number of villages in Licolnshire and Somerset bear the name.

Dweller, or worker, at a stream crossing.

The surname is a variant form of the Alford. Parishes in counties Lincoln and Somerset.

A shallow place in a river, which may be crossed without bridge or boat-a common termination of local surnames.
"In Ford, in Ham, in Ley, in Ton
The most of English Surnamesrun."

Parishes and places in counties Durham, Sussex, Bucks, Northumberland, Salop, Wilts, Devon, &c.

How popular is Ford?

Ford is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Wales, Scotland, Jamaica, Russia, Liberia, Ireland, Thailand, Panama, France, Argentina, Northern Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, Morocco, Trinidad and Tobago, Tanzania, Brazil, India, Honduras, Mexico, Bahamas, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Uruguay, Belize, Japan, Zimbabwe, Bahrain, Costa Rica.

Ford is ranked 1552 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ford bearers increased by 3.61 per cent in 2010 US census to 184832 since 2000, the surname slipped by 13 spots and ranked at 137. The last name was found in around 6 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.05 64.28
Black 32 31.4
Others 2.52 1.84
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.37
Ford is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 350319 people have been found who wears Ford as their family name. Ford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Ford:
120 United States235,546
Countries with ten thousands of Ford:
112 England49,560
111 Australia24,223
327 Canada13,741
Countries with thousands of Ford:
1,607 South Africa4,229
152 New Zealand3,307
93 Wales3,003
353 Scotland2,724
230 Jamaica2,176
Countries with hundreds of Ford:
17,162 Russia973
635 Liberia842
1,011 Ireland679
17,989 Thailand588
727 Panama557
19,797 France512
7,176 Argentina504
780 Northern Ireland470
10,981 Saudi Arabia398
3,307 Venezuela360
10,008 Spain355
29,863 Germany281
25,171 Morocco239
912 Trinidad and Tobago235
19,065 Tanzania229
34,179 Brazil223
101,069 India214
1,203 Honduras194
11,221 Mexico166
340 Bahamas161
69,467 Philippines151
3,477 Dominican Republic139
21,355 Netherlands121
3,435 Uruguay115
631 Belize114
21,519 Japan111
18,071 Zimbabwe111
2,472 Bahrain103
1,103 Costa Rica103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
64,938 Nigeria99
25,695 Kenya91
7,608 Ecuador87
1,738 Suriname77
1,022 China76
21,284 Malaysia72
7,759 Denmark71
396 Saint Lucia71
258 Antigua and Barbuda67
172 Guernsey66
70,719 Italy59
308 United States Virgin Islands59
1,941 Guyana54
23,543 Belarus53
16,670 Israel53
13,089 Sweden52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,126 Chile48
10,632 Iraq47
14,618 Norway47
226 Bermuda46
2 Falkland Islands46
364 Isle of Man45
4,900 Guatemala44
2,952 Hong Kong44
173,812 Indonesia42
10,323 Botswana39
10,676 Kuwait39
34,912 Kazakhstan38
10,086 Portugal38
10,220 Colombia37
19,741 Switzerland35
566 Jersey32
11,474 Ghana30
35,058 Austria27
54,524 Greece27
306 Cayman Islands26
42,091 Papua New Guinea26
5,712 Cuba25
2,339 French Polynesia25
1,339 Iceland24
473 South Korea24
48,071 Egypt23
7,080 Taiwan23
51,393 Czechia22
1,143 Guam21
96,203 Poland20
420 Gibraltar19
65,771 Uganda19
23,275 United Arab Emirates19
784 Seychelles18
249 British Virgin Islands17
60,840 Belgium16
1,043 Barbados15
7,565 Solomon Islands15
376 Cook Islands13
18,211 Singapore13
19,471 Estonia12
28,977 Finland12
11,483 Haiti12
17,932 Afghanistan11
4,992 Oman11
64,496 Pakistan11
2,636 Vietnam11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
27,160 Moldova10
41 Norfolk Island9
31,288 Peru9
3,435 Puerto Rico7
53,709 Algeria6
6,967 Angola6
55,922 Qatar6
12,102 Sri Lanka6
144,247 Turkey6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 38 years old workman Malachi Ford who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 19, 1846 by Clarence put out from Galway. 25 years old Batt Ford, L. Ford, aged 38, Martin Ford (20) Workman, Workman Patk. Ford, May Ford, aged 21, Spinster Biddy Ford, 22 years old Patrick Ford, 21 years old John Ford, and 451 other Ford around 57.78% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, dressmaker, sailor, farmer, shoemaker, tailoress, carpenter, barrel maker/ cooper, mechanic migrated to US from Cork, Galway, Liverpool and Dublin.

From Germany

Fr. Ford worked as merchant and hailed from Bremen. 19 years old embarked for New York from Bremen on Elise & Mathilde and arrived on October 16, 1862. Laborer Abraham Ford, Sarah Ford, Luow. Ford, aged 18, Farmer Cath Ford, Frid Ford, Oster Ford (27) Farmer, 21 years old Anne Ford, John Ford, aged 57, and 5 other Ford majority of whom were laborer and others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Ford Namesakes

  • Gordon Onslow Ford, was one of the last surviving members of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André Breton
  • Clinton B. Ford, American investor
  • Vincent Ford, Jamaican songwriter best
  • Arnold Josiah Ford, Barbadian American black rabbi
  • Desmond Ford, evangelical Christian and an Australian theologian
  • Carl Ford, Carl W. Ford, Jr
  • Lonnie Ford, Arena Football League fullback–defensive end for the Los Angeles Avengers
  • Jeremiah D. M. Ford, Ph
  • Mick Ford, British actor, screenwriter and playwright
  • Henry Justice Ford, prolific and successful English artist and illustrator
  • Horace A. Ford, is known as one of the greatest target archers of all time
  • Corey Ford, American humorist, author, outdoorsman
  • John-James Ford, Canadian poet and fiction writer
  • James W. Ford, activist and politician
  • Anitra Ford, American former actress and model
  • Charles A. Ford, career Minister of the Commerce Department Foreign Commercial Service
  • Boris Ford, literary critic, writer, editor and educationist
  • Hugh Alastair Ford, Australian ornithologist
  • Trevor D. Ford, English geologist, specialising in speleology
  • Michael Julius Ford, 22
  • Julian Ralph Ford, Australian chemist and ornithologist
  • Robert Stephen Ford, retired American diplomat
  • Joseph Dillon Ford, American composer and author
  • Clare Ford, English diplomat
  • Dale Ford, American politician and former baseball umpire
  • Melbourne H. Ford, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Patrick W. Ford, Irish-American architect who
  • Janet Ford, British sociologist and university administrator
  • Guy Stanton Ford, sixth president of the University of Minnesota
  • Donald E. Ford, influential American science fiction fan from Ohio
  • James A. Ford, American archaeologist
  • Leland M. Ford, U.S. Representative from California
  • Thomas F. Ford, of California was a member of the U.S. Congress
  • William Donnison Ford, American lawyer and politician from New York
  • Aaron L. Ford, U.S. Representative from Mississippi
  • Ernest Ford, English composer of operas and ballet music and a conductor
  • Nicholas Ford, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Louis Ford, businessman
  • Jim Ford, American singer-songwriter originally
  • Josephine Clay Ford, American philanthropist and the only granddaughter of Henry Ford
  • Peter Shann Ford, Australian CEO, software developer
  • Phillip R. Ford, stage and film producer
  • Lester R. Ford, Lester Randolph Ford Sr
  • E. B. Ford, British ecological geneticist
  • Kevin A. Ford, retired United States Air Force Colonel and a NASA astronaut
  • David F. Ford, academic and public theologian
  • Henry Ford, American captain of industry and a business magnate
  • Harrison Ford, American actor, writer and film producer
  • Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet
  • Tom Ford, American fashion designer, film director
  • Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
  • Edsel Ford, son of Clara Jane Bryant Ford and the only child of Henry Ford
  • Robben Ford, American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford, American recording artist and television host

Ford Namesakes

  • Gordon Onslow Ford, was one of the last surviving members of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André Breton
  • Clinton B. Ford, American investor
  • Vincent Ford, Jamaican songwriter best
  • Arnold Josiah Ford, Barbadian American black rabbi
  • Desmond Ford, evangelical Christian and an Australian theologian
  • Carl Ford, Carl W. Ford, Jr
  • Lonnie Ford, Arena Football League fullback–defensive end for the Los Angeles Avengers
  • Jeremiah D. M. Ford, Ph
  • Mick Ford, British actor, screenwriter and playwright
  • Henry Justice Ford, prolific and successful English artist and illustrator
  • Horace A. Ford, is known as one of the greatest target archers of all time
  • Corey Ford, American humorist, author, outdoorsman
  • John-James Ford, Canadian poet and fiction writer
  • James W. Ford, activist and politician
  • Anitra Ford, American former actress and model
  • Charles A. Ford, career Minister of the Commerce Department Foreign Commercial Service
  • Boris Ford, literary critic, writer, editor and educationist
  • Hugh Alastair Ford, Australian ornithologist
  • Trevor D. Ford, English geologist, specialising in speleology
  • Michael Julius Ford, 22
  • Julian Ralph Ford, Australian chemist and ornithologist
  • Robert Stephen Ford, retired American diplomat
  • Joseph Dillon Ford, American composer and author
  • Clare Ford, English diplomat
  • Dale Ford, American politician and former baseball umpire
  • Melbourne H. Ford, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Patrick W. Ford, Irish-American architect who
  • Janet Ford, British sociologist and university administrator
  • Guy Stanton Ford, sixth president of the University of Minnesota
  • Donald E. Ford, influential American science fiction fan from Ohio
  • James A. Ford, American archaeologist
  • Leland M. Ford, U.S. Representative from California
  • Thomas F. Ford, of California was a member of the U.S. Congress
  • William Donnison Ford, American lawyer and politician from New York
  • Aaron L. Ford, U.S. Representative from Mississippi
  • Ernest Ford, English composer of operas and ballet music and a conductor
  • Nicholas Ford, U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • Louis Ford, businessman
  • Jim Ford, American singer-songwriter originally
  • Josephine Clay Ford, American philanthropist and the only granddaughter of Henry Ford
  • Peter Shann Ford, Australian CEO, software developer
  • Phillip R. Ford, stage and film producer
  • Lester R. Ford, Lester Randolph Ford Sr
  • E. B. Ford, British ecological geneticist
  • Kevin A. Ford, retired United States Air Force Colonel and a NASA astronaut
  • David F. Ford, academic and public theologian
  • Henry Ford, American captain of industry and a business magnate
  • Harrison Ford, American actor, writer and film producer
  • Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet
  • Tom Ford, American fashion designer, film director
  • Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
  • Edsel Ford, son of Clara Jane Bryant Ford and the only child of Henry Ford
  • Robben Ford, American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford, American recording artist and television host

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