Clayford Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Clayford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clayford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
England181:3,095,448105,421
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Clayford (823) may also be a first name.

Clayford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Clayford occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Clayford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clayford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,701,480th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. Clayford occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Clayford live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Clayford is also the 284,830th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 823 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 873,834. In South Africa Clayford is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 23 percent live and England, where 16 percent live.

Clayford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Clayford has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Clayford surname grew 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Clayford Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Clayford earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 20.65% more than the national average, earning R 286,704 per year and in Canada they earn 37.92% more than the national average, earning $68,522 CAD 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
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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 Clayford
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