Cranford Surname

46,984th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,026 people bear this surname

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

Cranford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cranford,' a parish in Northamptonshire, four miles from Kettering.

John de Cranniford, Northamptonshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

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Cranford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,4201:34,7854,336
Canada3681:100,12410,876
England1651:337,68524,727
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
China41:341,830,39216,990
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2041:119,48711,415
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9571:52,4755,919

Cranford (195) may also be a first name.

Cranford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cranford,' a parish in Northamptonshire, four miles from Kettering.

John de Cranniford, Northamptonshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Ralph de Craneford, Northamptonshire, ibid.

Geoffrey de Cranford, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Cranford, Leicestershire, ibid.

Richard de Cranford, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

1607. Baptised — Jane, d. Cuthbert Craneford: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1654. Married — Henry Smith and Elizabeth Cranford: St Michael, Cornhill.

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

User-submitted Reference

(English) This surname derives from the name of a parish in Northants.

(Scottish) It is a variant of Crawford, a parish in Lanarkshire.

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Cranford Last Name Facts

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

Cranford has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Cranford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cranford? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 46,984th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 660,942 people. The last name Cranford occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Cranford reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Cranford is also the 649,894th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 195 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 10,420 people, or 1 in 34,785. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 18 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Georgia, where 12 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Cranford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cranford has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,089 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 19 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 58 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 82 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cranford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Cranford surname is principally Anglican (82%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cranford last name are 15.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.59% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cranford earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 1.81% more than the national average, earning $23,114,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.18% less than the national average, earning $40,049 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.27% less than the national average, earning $43,089 CAD per year.

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Cranford Reference & Research

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