Cornforth Surname

173,647th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cornforth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cornforth,' a township in the parish of Bishop's Middleham, County Durham. Bradford is found entered as Bradforth in the Yorkshire Poll Tax (1379); v. Ford and Forth.

1798.

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Cornforth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2601:44,2215,596
United States8191:442,56338,021
Canada1601:230,28522,082
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Scotland451:118,9747,657
Australia411:658,43245,385
Wales71:442,07621,198
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6821:35,7414,658
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:528,61836,719

Cornforth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cornforth,' a township in the parish of Bishop's Middleham, County Durham. Bradford is found entered as Bradforth in the Yorkshire Poll Tax (1379); v. Ford and Forth.

1798. Married — Isaac Titlow and Eleanor Cornforth: St. George, Hanover Square.

1809. — David Comford and Sarah Howes: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Cornforth, or Dweller at the Corn or Cornel - Tree Ford or Passage [Old English corn(-treów) + ford]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Durham.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cornforth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cornforth occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cornforth? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cornforth is the 173,647th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,945,653 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Cornforth live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 1,260 people, or 1 in 44,221. In England Cornforth is most common in: North Yorkshire, where 14 percent live, Durham, where 11 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 10 percent live. Not including England Cornforth exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Cornforth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cornforth has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Cornforth surname increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 862 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cornforth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cornforth surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Cornforth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 689.12% more than the national average, earning R 1,875,250 per year; in United States they earn 13.53% more than the national average, earning $48,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning $56,287 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cornfort941/
Carnforth8914/
Cornferth890/
Cornfarth890/
Cornford822,469/
Carnford711/
Carnfore711/
Cornferd710/
Cormford710/
Karenfort6757/
Kerenfort6710/
Kormferth671/
Sorinford670/

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