Brandsford Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Brandsford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Brandsford Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Brandsford Last Name Facts

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

Brandsford is most common in Ghana. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brandsford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brandsford is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Brandsford occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Brandsford are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Outside of Ghana it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Ecuador, where 14 percent live.

Brandsford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brandsford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brandsford last name contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brundsford900/
Brandtsfridh824/
Branchford8019/
Brandt Svärd732/
Branchfard700/
Brandt-Siefart676/

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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 Brandsford
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