Bortoft Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bortoft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bortoft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:1,295,76958,667
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589

Bortoft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bortoft has its highest incidence in England. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bortoft? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Bortoft are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 1,295,769. In England Bortoft is primarily concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 30 percent are found, North Yorkshire, where 26 percent are found and Lancashire, where 21 percent are found. Besides England this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Bortoft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bortoft has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bortoft surname rose 179 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burtoft86449/
Bortoff8620/
Bertoft8617/
Bartoft8613/
Worthoft806/
Borthoff800/
Burttoft800/
Bortov77158/
Bortow773/
Bartof771/
Bortova71117/
Wartoft719/
Bartoff711/
Barthof711/
Bartowf710/
Barthoff6718/
Bartafte671/
Burtafft670/
Barthotf670/

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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 Bortoft
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