Bolford Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Hungary

Bolford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bolford Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bolford Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bolford occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Bolford live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Bolford is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil Bolford is most common in: Minas Gerais, where 100 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Bolford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bolford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bolford last name fell 90 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 Bolford
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