Gafford Surname
Approximately 3,588 people bear this surname
Gafford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,533 | 1:102,592 | 11,326 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 44 | 1:553,986 | 29,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 409 | 1:122,784 | 11,929 |
Gafford (32) may also be a first name.
Gafford Demographics
Average Male Gafford Height
176.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gafford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafford Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafford has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafford? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gafford is the 126,610th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,031,089 people. Gafford occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gafford are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Gafford is also the 1,840,253rd most common given name throughout the world. It is borne by 32 people.
The last name Gafford is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 3,533 people, or 1 in 102,592. In The United States Gafford is primarily found in: Texas, where 31 percent reside, Alabama, where 7 percent reside and Tennessee, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Mexico, where 0 percent reside.
Gafford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gafford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gafford surname grew 864 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gafford Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gafford surname is predominantly Catholic (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Gafford surname are 20.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.06% registered with the political party.
Gafford earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.24% less than the national average, earning $39,163 USD per year.
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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 Gafford
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