Glifford Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Glifford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Glifford Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Glifford (91) may also be a first name.

Glifford Last Name Facts

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

Glifford occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glifford? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Glifford reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 998,282nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 91 people.

Glifford is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is most frequent in: Virginia, where 33 percent live, Alabama, where 17 percent live and California, where 17 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.

Glifford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Glifford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Glifford last name contracted 54 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gliford9337/
Gleiford883/
Gilliford8257/
Glifort8056/
Gluford800/
Guilliford782/
Gaelliford780/
Lford773/
L'Ford712/
Gilleford710/
Llpford671/
Gleifar671/
Gleifert6311/
Glefert531/
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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 Glifford
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