Hartford Surname

72,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Hartford Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Hartford (stag ford) or Hereford (army ford), the names of several places England.

Hartford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7611:62,9167,367
Canada6941:53,0926,355
England1501:371,45426,286
Ireland951:49,5683,605
Sweden321:307,71121,451
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
France131:5,109,440259,941
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Norway81:642,78647,258
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malta11:430,2723,380
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1091:40,6413,695
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England761:320,72921,086
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1871:42,3074,937

Hartford (446) may also be a first name.

Hartford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Hartford (stag ford) or Hereford (army ford), the names of several places England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Hartford Last Name Facts

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

Hartford (Arabic: هارتفورد) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hartford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hartford is the 72,271st most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,067,929 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Hartford are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 405,761st most prevalent forename internationally, held by 446 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,761 people, or 1 in 62,916. In The United States Hartford is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Maine, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States Hartford is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Hartford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hartford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hartford surname rose 485 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 13 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hartford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (69%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hartford last name are 3.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.34% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hartford earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning 368,350 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.82% less than the national average, earning R 200,052 per year; in United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,123 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.37% more than the national average, earning $51,852 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heartford9415/
Hartfor932/
Artford931/
Hertford8834/
Hardford8815/
Hartfard885/
Hartfort882/
Hortford881/
Arthford880/
Hartfour880/
Hartforth821/
Ardford800/
Hartfert754/
Herdford754/
Hardfort751/
Gardford750/
Artfar7137/
Ordford672/
Ortfour671/
Garthforth670/
Aardfar5320/
Gardfar530/

Hartford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hartford in the Arabic language
هارتفوردhartfwrd-

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