Clafford Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Clafford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clafford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:18,122,947588,089
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Clafford Last Name Facts

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

Clafford is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Clafford.

How Common Is The Last Name Clafford? popularity and diffusion

The last name Clafford is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Clafford are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 18,122,947. In The United States Clafford is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 45 percent are found, New York, where 25 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found.

Clafford Last Name Statistics demography

Clafford earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sclafford9418/
Claford937/
Clayford88115/
Clofford888/
Clawford885/
Cleaford883/
Clapford881/
Clafordh881/
Chlaford881/
Slafford881/
Clafor861/
Classford8210/
Schlaford820/
Cloford808/
Slaford801/
Klaford800/
Sleaford75353/
Slatford75241/
Slayford75206/
Cleoford753/
Claifard751/
Slawford751/
Clowford750/
Schleifford740/
Clayforth7179/
Slathford710/
Klafforth710/
Clofort676/
Kloford671/

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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 Clafford
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis