Crofford Surname

237,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Crofford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crofford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2171:297,83027,540
Ecuador3581:44,4304,488
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Canada471:783,94961,790
Saint Kitts and Nevis61:9,200695
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4221:35,3164,200

Crofford (10) may also be a first name.

Crofford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Crofford is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crofford? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 237,065th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,301,975 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Crofford reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 10 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,217 people, or 1 in 297,830. In The United States Crofford is most common in: Texas, where 23 percent reside, Oklahoma, where 11 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Ecuador, where 21 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.

Crofford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Crofford has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 14 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Crofford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Crofford are 14.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.78% being registered with the political party.

The amount Crofford earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.85% more than the national average, earning R 474,912 per year; in United States they earn 0.68% more than the national average, earning $43,441 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.96% less than the national average, earning $40,758 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 Crofford
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