Deckford Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

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

Deckford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Deckford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa591:918,26658,838
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Deckford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Deckford occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deckford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,220,661st most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Deckford reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Deckford is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 918,266. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 88 percent reside and Gauteng, where 12 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Deckford Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Deckford earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 134.67% more than the national average, earning R 557,676 per year and in United States they earn 17.55% less than the national average, earning $35,578 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Duckford8834/
Dickford8818/
Deakford880/
Dew-Eckford842/
Deccaford822/
Tecford801/
Dakford801/
Dickfor800/
Dick-Forde782/
Tickford754/
Dakeford750/
Decaforte7129/
Doakeford711/
Tekferd674/
Digford672/
Dick-Forty671/
Tegford671/
Dickfahr633/
Dickfert630/
Dehkvar5358/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Deckford
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