Difford Surname
Approximately 430 people bear this surname
Difford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 199 | 1:279,990 | 21,818 |
| South Africa | 74 | 1:732,131 | 51,520 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 148 | 1:164,698 | 14,111 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
Difford (28) may also be a first name.
Difford Demographics
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Difford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Difford Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Difford is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Difford.
How Common Is The Last Name Difford? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 688,723rd most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. Difford occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Difford reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 28 people.
This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 279,990. In England it is most numerous in: Somerset, where 26 percent are found, Kent, where 13 percent are found and Greater London, where 12 percent are found. Excluding England it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.
Difford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Difford has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Difford last name grew 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 110 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 575 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Difford Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Difford surname are 7.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Difford earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.15% more than the national average, earning R 425,724 per year; in United States they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $36,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.82% less than the national average, earning $32,384 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deifford | 93 | 1 | / |
| Daifford | 93 | 0 | / |
| Diffor | 92 | 51 | / |
| Diford | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dufford | 86 | 730 | / |
| Diffort | 86 | 171 | / |
| Doiford | 86 | 31 | / |
| Defford | 86 | 14 | / |
| Daiford | 86 | 2 | / |
| Didford | 86 | 1 | / |
| Difor | 83 | 18 | / |
| Duffourd | 80 | 164 | / |
| Deford | 77 | 3,185 | / |
| Duford | 77 | 1,182 | / |
| Deffor | 77 | 847 | / |
| Difour | 77 | 142 | / |
| Difort | 77 | 74 | / |
| Difore | 77 | 17 | / |
| Difard | 77 | 7 | / |
| Dyford | 77 | 4 | / |
| Diffar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dizfor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Duffort | 71 | 770 | / |
| Duffard | 71 | 305 | / |
| Diforte | 71 | 175 | / |
| Differt | 71 | 161 | / |
| Ditfort | 71 | 73 | / |
| Düffort | 71 | 41 | / |
| Dyffort | 71 | 16 | / |
| Defferd | 71 | 16 | / |
| Diefort | 71 | 9 | / |
| Dedford | 71 | 9 | / |
| Deffore | 71 | 8 | / |
| Defourd | 71 | 5 | / |
| Difoire | 71 | 4 | / |
| Desford | 71 | 2 | / |
| Daifour | 71 | 2 | / |
| Deffard | 71 | 2 | / |
| Deffort | 71 | 2 | / |
| Deffoor | 71 | 2 | / |
| Didfard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Depford | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deffour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deuford | 71 | 1 | / |
| Doifort | 71 | 1 | / |
| Doifard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dayford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dufferd | 71 | 0 | / |
| Detford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Defor | 67 | 1,553 | / |
| Defoirdt | 67 | 155 | / |
| Difar | 67 | 23 | / |
| Duffourt | 67 | 21 | / |
| Dueffort | 67 | 12 | / |
| Deidfard | 67 | 8 | / |
| D'Deford | 67 | 1 | / |
| Daysford | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deadford | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dieffert | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doiphord | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Difford
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