Floydd Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Floydd Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Welsh Floyd or Flood = Lloyd; v. Floyd.
(a) Local, 'at the flood,' from residence at the point in the river where the water is apt to flood. The Norfolk Floods are manifestly so sprung.
Read More About This SurnameFloydd Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Floydd (36) may also be a first name.
Floydd Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Welsh Floyd or Flood = Lloyd; v. Floyd.
(a) Local, 'at the flood,' from residence at the point in the river where the water is apt to flood. The Norfolk Floods are manifestly so sprung.
John de la Flode, Hampshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nicholas de la Flod, or Flode, Wiltshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Robert Flode, rector of Downham, Norfolk, 1413: History of Norfolk.
John Flod, or Flud, vicar of Sporle, Norfolk, 1516: ibid.
George Flood, preacher, Norwich, 1595: ibid.
The English corruption of Lloyd, which is too guttural for our organs of pronunciation. Andrew Borde in his Boke of Knowledge makes a Welchman say —
Originally Fludd or Floyd (which see).
Andrew Borde, in his Boke of Knowledge, makes a Welshman say, "I am a gentylman and come of Brutus blood; my name is Ap Pyce, Ap Davy, Ap Flood."
Floydd Demographics
Average Floydd Salary in
United States
$36,896 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Floydd Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Floydd Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Floydd has its highest incidence in England. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Floydd click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Floydd? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Floydd reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 36 people.
Floydd is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England Floydd is most frequent in: Kent, where 30 percent reside, West Sussex, where 30 percent reside and Greater London, where 20 percent reside. Barring England it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.
Floydd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Floydd has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Floydd surname grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 27 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Floydd Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Floydd last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Floydd earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.49% less than the national average, earning $36,896 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 91 | 97,162 | / |
| Flodd | 91 | 14 | / |
| Floyed | 83 | 160 | / |
| Flloyd | 83 | 45 | / |
| Floyds | 83 | 9 | / |
| Flooyd | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ffloyd | 83 | 4 | / |
| Floyod | 83 | 1 | / |
| Floyad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Floudd | 83 | 1 | / |
| Floodd | 83 | 1 | / |
| Floyid | 83 | 1 | / |
| Floyyd | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wfloyd | 83 | 1 | / |
| Floytd | 83 | 0 | / |
| Flod | 80 | 479 | / |
| Floy | 80 | 393 | / |
| Flyd | 80 | 7 | / |
| D'Floyd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Floyd's | 77 | 1 | / |
| Flood | 73 | 42,757 | / |
| Fladd | 73 | 220 | / |
| Floud | 73 | 69 | / |
| Floid | 73 | 56 | / |
| Flyod | 73 | 40 | / |
| Floyo | 73 | 36 | / |
| Flodh | 73 | 20 | / |
| Floyt | 73 | 12 | / |
| Fledd | 73 | 9 | / |
| Flioy | 73 | 7 | / |
| Floye | 73 | 5 | / |
| Floys | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fllod | 73 | 2 | / |
| Floed | 73 | 2 | / |
| Flods | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fluyd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Floya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Flysd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Flôyd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Floyz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Flyed | 73 | 0 | / |
| Flayd | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fluod | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fleyd | 73 | 0 | / |
| Floydová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Flo | 67 | 2,936 | / |
| Fly | 67 | 1,346 | / |
| Filloy | 67 | 746 | / |
| Fillod | 67 | 454 | / |
| Floied | 67 | 41 | / |
| Floyes | 67 | 32 | / |
| Floods | 67 | 15 | / |
| Floodh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Flloud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fleyid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fliiod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flodås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Felloy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flowed | 67 | 0 | / |
| Floeye | 67 | 0 | / |
| Floiad | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fllood | 67 | 0 | / |
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