Canford Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Canford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Canford (24) may also be a first name.

Canford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canford is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Canford.

How Common Is The Last Name Canford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Canford occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Canford reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 24 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 33 percent are found, Arkansas, where 17 percent are found and Mississippi, where 17 percent are found. Aside from The United States Canford is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent are found and Italy, where 13 percent are found.

Canford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Canford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Canford last name contracted 45 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Canford Last Name Statistics demography

Canford earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.06% more than the national average, earning $48,354 USD per year.

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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 Canford
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