Rufford

== English == === Etymology === From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufforth. === Proper noun === Rufford (countable and uncountable, plural Ruffords) (uncountable) A placename: A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4615). A hamlet and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6465). (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rufford is the 51324th most common surname in England, belonging to 53 individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rufford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Forebears