Brasford Surname

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

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Brasford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brasford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jersey61:8,6471,503
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Brasford (3) may also be a first name.

Brasford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brasford is found in Jamaica more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brasford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Brasford reside; 33 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Brasford is also the 7,463,778th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 3 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Jamaica, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 2,869,947. In Jamaica Brasford is primarily concentrated in: Middlesex County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Jamaica it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Brasford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brasford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brasford last name fell 75 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 Brasford
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