Cognomen Shelford (Shelford 
) , all over the world, is a rare last name. The surname Shelford is habitual in Isle of Man, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, and Australia, where it is a rare surname. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. Much less frequently, Shelford is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Shelford | United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States |
| robert shelford Church of England clergyman and religious writer (b. 1563) |
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william shelford English civil engineer (b. 1834) |
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| leonard shelford English legal writer (b. 1795) |
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robert walter campbell shelford British entomologist, MY (b. 1872) |
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victor ernest shelford American zoologist and ecologist (1877-1968), US (b. 1877) |
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| shelford bidwell physicist and inventor, worked with "telephotography", a precursor to the modern fax machine (b. 1848) |
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| catherine susan shelford (1851-1916) (b. 1851) |
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| george howard shelford Peerage person ID=676766 (b. 1859) |
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| emily shelford (1863-1891) (b. 1863) |
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| mabel shelford (1865-1944) (b. 1865) |
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| leonard shelford (1867-1889) (b. 1867) |
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| william sopwith shelford (1868-1940) (b. 1868) |
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| frederic shelford (1871-1943) (b. 1871) |
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| arthur shelford (1873-1873) (b. 1873) |
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| anna elizabeth shelford (1875-1924) (b. 1875) |
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