Spofforth

• (surname): Spafford, Spofford

From Old English splott (“plot of land”) + ford (“ford”).

Spofforth (countable and uncountable, plural Spofforths)

1. A village in Spofforth with Stockeld parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3651).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Spofforth is the 21818^th most common surname in England, belonging to 199 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spofforth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.