Bradford Forename

27,500th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 30,577 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Bradford Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] broad ford.

Bradford Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
28,5741:12,6881,255
Canada
100%
5271:62,8723,833
South Africa
100%
4901:111,2918,710
England
100%
1041:534,64311,105
Philippines
100%
1031:1,029,21827,799
Jamaica-1001:28,8322,035
New Zealand-701:64,8013,210
Nigeria
72%
 
421:4,227,72366,444
Australia-351:390,2186,978
Uganda
100%
321:1,279,90420,143
Zimbabwe
100%
281:550,85123,998
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Thailand
100%
261:2,694,83966,052
Dominican Republic-251:417,25113,014
Belize
100%
251:14,1721,847
United States Virgin Islands-241:4,573777
Guyana
100%
211:36,3463,756
Zambia-201:792,74014,411
India
100%
191:63,940,9461,014,029
Brazil
100%
181:11,902,009138,646
Antigua and Barbuda-181:5,5221,017
Scotland
100%
181:297,2434,537
Papua New Guinea
100%
151:543,48840,661
Solomon Islands
100%
131:44,6892,823
China-121:113,837,98265,289
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
101:136,1428,486
Germany
100%
101:9,667,78833,442
Namibia-91:267,1315,329
Netherlands
100%
91:1,878,00924,529
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
91:12,3981,723
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Panama-81:488,32013,543
Kenya-71:6,615,30131,578
Bahamas-61:66,5621,346
Venezuela
100%
61:5,033,64967,876
Norway
100%
51:1,026,46614,100
Singapore-51:1,257,41116,611
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Japan-51:25,597,21150,433
Liberia
100%
51:882,41221,482
France-51:13,294,06836,843
Ghana
100%
41:6,746,5548,075
Sweden
100%
41:2,464,47734,955
Afghanistan-31:10,874,50540,253
Peru
100%
31:10,597,15158,549
Wales
100%
31:1,031,43610,092
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Ireland
100%
31:1,547,8407,573
Israel
100%
31:2,800,97324,529
Turks and Caicos Islands-21:17,3541,059
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Tanzania
100%
21:26,394,16073,301
Greece
100%
21:5,467,27417,678
Guatemala-21:8,054,21410,362
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891

Bradford (96,234) may also be a surname.

Bradford Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] broad ford.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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