Clanford Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Clanford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clanford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England601:928,63447,428
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Clanford (57) may also be a first name.

Clanford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clanford occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clanford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Clanford occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Clanford live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,308,380th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 57 people.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 928,634. In England it is primarily found in: Essex, where 52 percent live, Lancashire, where 22 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Other than England this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 2 percent live and Slovakia, where 2 percent live.

Clanford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Clanford has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clanfor930/
Slanford881/
Clanfort881/
Clamford880/
Cleinford821/
Slainford820/
Klanfor802/
Kleinford711/
Cloonfour711/
Klanfar67381/
Klamforth593/
Klonfar5354/
Klonfár5317/
Klamfar536/

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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
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  • 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 Clanford
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