# Montford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/montford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,277 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,709 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 241,774 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (1,273 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mountford |

## Etymology

Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Montford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Montufar, Mandeville, Mendivil, Mamedov, Mammadov, Mammadova, Mountbatten.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.