McGifford Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

McGifford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGifford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia871:310,29526,919
Canada551:669,92054,285
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
United States421:8,629,975373,648
England401:1,392,95161,553
Scotland91:594,86921,724
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland501:88,5975,964
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland221:170,1466,794
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

McGifford Last Name Facts

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

The surname McGifford is found most in Australia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McGifford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,095,216th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 59 percent of McGifford live; 59 percent live in Australasia and 59 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 310,295. In Australia McGifford is mostly found in: Queensland, where 40 percent are found, Victoria, where 32 percent are found and Western Australia, where 11 percent are found. Beside Australia it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent are found and New Zealand, where 21 percent are found.

McGifford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McGifford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McGifford surname fell 11 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McGifford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McGifford surname is primarily Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.

The amount McGifford earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.45% more than the national average, earning $47,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.61% less than the national average, earning $48,882 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McGifferd890/
McGiffort890/
McGiffard890/
McFford884/
Mcufford825/
Mcford80112/
McGiffert78187/
Macufford786/
McGoeford781/
McGiffirt780/
McSeiford780/
Mugford752,835/
Mogford751,674/
Macford75431/
Megford753/
Magford753/
Mecford751/
Micford751/
McKford750/
McHford750/
MacGiffert7432/
Mcguffered741/
McGee-Ford741/
Mockford711,253/
Mackford71440/
Muugford711/
Mickford711/
Meckford711/
Mac Ford710/
McGiverd710/
Muckford710/
McGufard710/
Mcfred679/
Mackoford672/
McFort670/
Mguifar6312/

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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 McGifford
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