Hungerford

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

Hungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)

1. A placename:
   1. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3368).
   2. A hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274). [1]
   3. A hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1612). [2]
   4. A hamlet in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5389). [3]
   5. A hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0440). [4]
   6. A census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford.
   7. A small town on the NSW border in south-west Queensland, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hungerford is the 9830^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3294 individuals. Hungerford is most common among White (91.32%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hungerford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216.