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There are approximately 12,187 people named Bradford in the UK. That makes it the 834th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 193 are named Bradford.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Bradford surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) A town on the Avon, in Wiltshire, England, whence the surname is derived, and which signifies the broad ford, there being at that place a ford across the Avon.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BRADFORD. A great town of Yorkshire, and places in cos. Devon, Lancaster, Nortlinmb., Stafford, Somerset, &c.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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