Rochford

From Middle English Rochford, from two sources in Old English, both of which eventually converged into the modern form:

1. 'The rook ford' or 'Rook's ford', from Old English hrōc (“rook”), genitive plural hrōca + ford, or else from Old English personal name Hrōc, genitive singular Hrōces + ford (respectively).
2. 'Ford of the hunting dogs', from Old English ræċċ (“hunting dog”), genitive singular ræċċes (the vowel later assimilated to that of Old French roche (“rock, cliff”)) + ford.

Rochford (countable and uncountable, plural Rochfords)

1. A surname.
2. A town and civil parish in Rochford district, in southeastern Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8790). ^[1]
3. A local government district in Essex, named after the town of Rochford. ^[2]
4. A civil parish and two hamlets, Lower Rochford and Upper Rochford, in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid refs SO6368/6367). ^[3]
5. A small settlement and locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
6. An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.

• Stoke Rochford

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rochford is the 16284^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1771 individuals. Rochford is most common among White (90.46%) individuals.

Rochford

1. (hapax legomenon) a surname

• English: Rochford
• Yola: Rochfort

• “Rochford”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.