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This page relates to the surname of Trafford. For the Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester England see Trafford.Trafford is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin.The de Trafford family is one of the most ancient recorded families in England tracing its roots back to Radulphus who died in about 1050. As Anglo-Saxons the family initially resisted the Norman army but were granted a pardon shortly after the conquest when they took the Norman name of de Trafford.