Bedford Forename

176,366th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,864 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Bedford Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Bedford Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
8791:412,44311,626
Zambia-4431:35,7902,536
Nigeria
91%
 
2551:696,33119,572
India
100%
531:22,922,226516,200
Zimbabwe
100%
481:321,33016,770
South Africa
100%
471:1,160,26942,094
Canada
100%
331:1,004,04220,062
England
88%
 
231:2,417,51828,771
Kenya-141:3,307,65122,394
Jamaica-91:320,3599,892
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Liberia
100%
71:630,29415,835
Peru
100%
61:5,298,57637,737
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
41:27,8953,010
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Chile-21:8,803,60433,591
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
France-11:66,470,34085,030

Bedford (33,955) may also be a surname.

Bedford Forename Popularity

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Beyford862/
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Bidford861/
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Befor833/
Bethford804/
Beuwford803/
Beufford803/
Bestford802/
Baadford801/
Bedfarrd801/
Beavford801/
Before77605/
Byford77196/
Befort7711/
Biford779/
Besfor776/
Betfor773/
Beifor772/
Veford771/
Befour771/
Befard771/
Beforh771/
Besfort71627/
Bifford7133/
Bayford7113/
Beufort7111/
Boyford717/
Behfard715/
Widford714/
Baiford712/
Wetford712/
Bisford712/
Beafort712/
Beyfoor711/
Beufard711/
Beuffor711/
Bidfort711/
Buyford711/
Bifor6717/
Besëfort677/
Befar675/
Besfortë673/
Besforte673/
Vefor672/
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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bedford