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Langford
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English
Etymology
Two main origins:
From en ang lang long + ang ford ford.
The village in Nottinghamshire may derived from an en ang - personal name ang *Landa + ang ford.
Proper noun
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The name of five villages in England:
en village/and/cpar in uauth/Central Bedfordshire co/Bedfordshire OS grid ref TL1840. Parish map (Bedfordshire)
en village/and/cpar in dist/Maldon co/Essex OS grid ref TL838089. Parish map (Essex)
en hamlet par/Ickburgh dist/Breckland co/Norfolk OS grid ref TL8396.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Newark and Sherwood co/Nottinghamshire OS grid ref SK8258. Parish map (Nottinghamshire)
en village/and/cpar in dist/West Oxfordshire co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SP2402. Parish map (Oxfordshire)
en city p/British Columbia c/Canada.
en former rurmun in p/Manitoba c/Canada now part of the mun:Pref/North Cypress-Langford.
en place c/USA:
en ucomm co/Kent County s/Maryland.
en ucomm co/Rankin County s/Mississippi.
en hamlet co/Erie County s/New York.
en town co/Marshall County s/South Dakota.
en habitational Old English.
en California governor candidate calls Auschwitz 'solution for homelessness,' sparks critisism w:The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-862394 2025-07-27 The Auschwitz Memorial Museum slammed Kyle Langford, Republican candidate for Governor of California, after his antisemitic remarks, calling out his actions as a “profound moral failure.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260511053115/https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-862394 11 May 2026
en suburb city/Perth in the city:Pref/Gosnells s/Western Australia.
Derived terms
en Hanging Langford Langford's basilisk Langford Budville Lower Langford North Cypress-Langford Steeple Langford
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Langford is the 1870th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19208 individuals. Langford is most common among White (78.88%) and Black (16.03%) individuals.
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