Atford Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Atford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Atford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atford Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atford is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atford? popularity and diffusion
The surname Atford is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Atford live; 73 percent live in Australasia and 73 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most frequent in New Zealand, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand it is primarily found in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from New Zealand it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Spain, where 9 percent are found.
Atford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Atford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Atford surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Atford
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