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
Gafford is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafford? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 126,610th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,031,089 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gafford reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gafford is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 3,533 people, or 1 in 102,592. In The United States Gafford is mostly found in: Texas, where 31 percent are found, Alabama, where 7 percent are found and Tennessee, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States Gafford is found in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Mexico, where 0 percent are found.
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 last name expanded 864 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gafford Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Gafford last name are 20.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.06% being registered with the 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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