Milford Surname

64,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,818 people bear this surname

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

Milford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Milford,' parishes in the Dioceses Winchester, York, and Southwell; also Milford Haven, in the Diocese St. David's, Wales; also Long Melford, in the Diocese Ely. In all cases probably the mill-ford, the mill by the ford; compare Mulford.

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Milford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3901:82,5659,380
England1,1831:47,0995,926
South Africa5171:104,79212,674
Australia5151:52,4196,467
Canada5031:73,2528,317
New Zealand1761:25,7294,511
Wales1001:30,9453,130
Zimbabwe451:343,07232,830
Jamaica441:65,2263,358
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Northern Ireland391:47,3094,079
Trinidad and Tobago351:38,9713,714
Scotland341:157,4659,168
Norway311:165,88020,092
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
American Samoa111:5,0691,123
France101:6,642,272293,169
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Haiti51:2,136,78115,037
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
China31:455,773,85521,925
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland531:83,5825,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7891:30,8944,112
Wales471:33,3711,813
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6001:83,6988,740

Milford (7,411) may also be a first name.

Milford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Milford,' parishes in the Dioceses Winchester, York, and Southwell; also Milford Haven, in the Diocese St. David's, Wales; also Long Melford, in the Diocese Ely. In all cases probably the mill-ford, the mill by the ford; compare Mulford.

John de Milforde, Yorkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

William de Melford, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Ralph de Milford, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam de Milford, Suffolk ibid.

Hugh de Meleford, Suffolk, ibid.

Johannes de Milforth, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Adam de Milforth, 1379: ibid.

1618. George Milforde, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(English) belonging to Milford = the Ford by the Mill [v. under Mill, and + Old English ford] Adam de Milford.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An English name used in Mayo as a synonym of Mullover, q.v

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Milford (ford by a mill), the name of several places in England.

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

Local. The ford by the mill.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Devon, Hampshire, Salop, Staffordshire, Surrey, South Wales.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Milford Last Name Facts

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

Milford (Russian: Милфорд) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Milford.

How Common Is The Last Name Milford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 64,034th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 932,150 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Milford live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 74,735th most numerous given name in the world It is held by 7,411 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 4,390 people, or 1 in 82,565. In The United States it is most common in: Georgia, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this last name exists in 56 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.

Milford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Milford has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 732 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 45 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Milford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Presbyterian (51%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Milford surname are 20.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.6% registered with the party.

The amount Milford earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 46.46% more than the national average, earning 506,853 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.74% more than the national average, earning R 303,564 per year; in United States they earn 2.21% less than the national average, earning $42,195 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.84% more than the national average, earning $52,585 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Milford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Milford in the Russian language
Милфордmilford-

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