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

Clayford is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Clayford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clayford is the 1,701,480th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. Clayford occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Clayford reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 284,830th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 823 people.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 873,834. In South Africa Clayford is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 23 percent reside and England, where 16 percent reside.

Clayford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Clayford has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Clayford surname expanded 164 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 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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