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Rainforth is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. [1] Notable people with the surname include:

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References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2206. ISBN   978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC   964412220 . Retrieved 26 June 2019.