Gradford Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

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

Gradford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gradford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gradford (15) may also be a first name.

Gradford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gradford is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gradford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gradford? popularity and diffusion

Gradford is the 1,573,888th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Gradford is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gradford live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gradford is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name globally It is held by 15 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 2,831,710. In The United States Gradford is mostly found in: California, where 23 percent are found, Missouri, where 15 percent are found and Michigan, where 13 percent are found. Besides The United States Gradford is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Gradford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gradford has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,829 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gradford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gradford last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

Gradford earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.23% less than the national average, earning $35,285 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Graford934/
Grafford88139/
Grayford8837/
Grawford8822/
Grasford882/
Grauford881/
Grafor864/
Grafort801/
Groford801/
Graffard75244/
Gravfort7515/
Graffort7512/
Grafoort752/
Grafforz751/
Growford750/
Grofford750/
Graffordová741/
Grafar712/
Graffar6730/
Greifor674/
Greafar671/
Gratfar671/
Graffart6359/
Grosfort6320/
Groforth632/
Greifard631/
Graffeur631/
Graphard630/
Grafarova591/
Graphart502/
Groffart501/
Greisfar501/

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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 Gradford
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