Fordsham Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Israel

Fordsham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fordsham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:2,785,90397,972
Israel111:777,96750,646
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Fordsham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fordsham is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fordsham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Fordsham are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 53 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England Fordsham is most frequent in: Tyne and Wear, where 45 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 25 percent live and Lancashire, where 20 percent live. Apart from England it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Fordsham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fordsham has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Fordsham surname expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fordsham Last Name Statistics demography

Fordsham earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.05% less than the national average, earning $25,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fordshan881/
Forcham8070/
Forzam713/
Fordson67275/
Forchan674/
Fortsom672/
Fordsen671/
Fordzan671/
Forchhamme671/
Fortcam671/
Fortsan670/

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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 Fordsham
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