Last Name STANIFORD

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Meaning Local: Of Stanford. There are no less that ten parishes in the south of England of this name. The North-ENglish form was Stanforth, and there Staniford is met by Staniforth.
Local: Of Stainforth, a township in the parish of Giggleswick; also a township in the parish of Hatfield, near the river Don. This phrase reminds us of the name, vizually the stony ford, 'forth' being an early English form of 'ford.'
Origin English, Irish

Rank 90,652 (2000 US census) 41,990 (1990 US census)
Count 189 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.59%, or 175 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.7%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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