What nationality would the last name Binford be?

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What nationality would the last name Binford be?

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Binford

Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Penfold, Penfield, Pinfold and others.

First found in Bedfordshire where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Elizabeth Pinfold and her husband settled in Virginia in 1660; George Pinfold settled in Maryland in 1727.

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