Gresford Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Gresford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gresford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania751:705,88840,428
England161:3,482,379114,324
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Gresford (180) may also be a first name.

Gresford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gresford is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gresford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,860,621st most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Gresford are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 679,247th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 180 people.

Gresford is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania Gresford is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Gresford Last Name Statistics demography

Gresford earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $49,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gressford941/
Greford933/
Grefford8867/
Grewford882/
Grasford882/
Greeford880/
Grefor860/
Grissford820/
Greifor804/
Griford801/
Grefore801/
Greffard75633/
Grifford75138/
Grayford7537/
Grosfort7520/
Grefardd754/
Grefoire752/
Greisfar751/
Greifard751/
Grefforz750/
Grifor716/
Grefar711/
Griffor67277/
Greafar671/
Grifort671/
Grifore670/
Griffard63551/
Griffore63384/
Grefarth631/
Griffort630/
Greifhart593/
Griephard590/
Greefhosrt561/
Griffart50305/
Grephart500/
Grifartt500/

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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 Gresford
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