Kerfoot Surname

163,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Kerfoot Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kerford.' I cannot identify the spot, and have only one early instance. Kerfoot is, of course, a corruption. Lancashire and Yorkshire are manifestly the district within which the place must be found.

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Kerfoot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2711:285,17626,541
England8551:65,1677,583
Canada3401:108,36911,636
Australia671:402,92132,505
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Wales211:147,35910,403
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5591:43,6055,449
Wales381:41,2742,182
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2531:198,49317,293

Kerfoot (15) may also be a first name.

Kerfoot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kerford.' I cannot identify the spot, and have only one early instance. Kerfoot is, of course, a corruption. Lancashire and Yorkshire are manifestly the district within which the place must be found.

Ricardus de Kerfforth, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1572. Buried — Margarette Kyrfote, of Bolhngton: Reg. Prestbury, Cheshire.

1583. John Kirfoote, or Kyerfoote, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

John Kerford, 1661, Wrexham: Exchequer Depositions (Lancashire).

Thomas Kirfoote, 1664, Lancaster: ibid.

1688. Nathan Kerfoot and Bridgett Gaton: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1741. Married — Samuel Kerfoot and Elizabeth Jones: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

For Kerford, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Kerfoot Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerfoot occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerfoot? popularity and diffusion

It is the 163,623rd most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,745,873 people. The last name Kerfoot occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Kerfoot live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kerfoot is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name globally, held by 15 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,271 people, or 1 in 285,176. In The United States Kerfoot is primarily concentrated in: California, where 13 percent reside, Maryland, where 11 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in England, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 13 percent reside.

Kerfoot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kerfoot has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kerfoot last name expanded 502 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 45 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 150 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kerfoot Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kerfoot surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Kerfoot are 20.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.11% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kerfoot earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.96% less than the national average, earning R 21,492 per year; in United States they earn 10.23% more than the national average, earning $47,563 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.3% more than the national average, earning $53,807 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kearfoot931/
Kerfoots930/
Keerfoot930/
Kerfot921/
Kearrfoot880/
Kirfoot8611/
Karfoot869/
Kerfout861/
Kerfott860/
Kearfott80180/
Kearfoit801/
Kerfut774/
Kerfod772/
Carfoot71142/
Corfoot711/
Quarfoot6737/
Karfat623/
Quarfot5741/
Chirfot571/
Quarfoth5334/
Quarfood5311/
Querfuth531/

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