Byford

== English == === Etymology === From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend". === Proper noun === Byford (countable and uncountable, plural Byfords) A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Byford is the 21057th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1248 individuals. Byford is most common among White (90.3%) individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Byford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 264.