Egford Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Egford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
Wales51:618,90625,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Egford Last Name Facts

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

Egford is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Egford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Egford is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Egford live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England Egford is most prevalent in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 44 percent are found, Devon, where 11 percent are found and Dorset, where 11 percent are found. Besides England it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 28 percent are found and Greece, where 6 percent are found.

Egford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Egford has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Egford surname fell 53 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eigford921/
Ecford8343/
Ekford831/
Eckford771,456/
Hagford7755/
Hogford771/
Ecfordt770/
Gekford770/
Higford770/
Eakford770/
Egfar731/
Heckford71530/
Eickford711/
Ecckford710/
Akford670/
Ackford62138/
Ockford6253/
Hakford621/
Hicford621/
Egfurth620/
Hickford571,060/
Hackford57574/
Hockford5733/
Heckfort570/
Igfar5516/
Eqfar551/
Ekfar551/
Heckforth531/

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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 Egford
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