Mugford Surname

154,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Mugford Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Great Ford [Middle English muk-el, Old English myc-el, great + ford] Cp. Much.

Mugford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1,1251:32,7524,242
United States6811:532,24544,270
England5551:100,39310,603
Australia2791:96,75910,970
Wales731:42,3914,090
New Zealand601:75,47211,103
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4791:50,8886,180
Wales451:34,8541,900
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Mugford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Great Ford [Middle English muk-el, Old English myc-el, great + ford] Cp. Much.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Mogford; a location name in Devon.

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

Mugford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mugford is carried by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mugford.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugford? popularity and diffusion

Mugford is the 154,790th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,570,563 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Mugford live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 1,125 people, or 1 in 32,752. In Canada Mugford is mostly found in: Ontario, where 37 percent are found, Newfoundland and Labrador, where 31 percent are found and Alberta, where 11 percent are found. Beside Canada it occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and England, where 20 percent are found.

Mugford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mugford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mugford last name rose 851 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 162 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mugford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Mugford surname are 1.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.88% registered with the party.

The amount Mugford earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 159.31% more than the national average, earning R 616,212 per year; in United States they earn 9.91% more than the national average, earning $47,423 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.31% less than the national average, earning $46,052 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muugford931/
Mugfor9232/
Mogford861,674/
Mukford862/
Muckford800/
Mugfar771/
Mogfort710/
Mockford671,253/
Mickford671/
Muqfar622/
Mujkfar571/
Mukhfar571/

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Mugford Reference & Research

Mugford Surname DNA Project - A project to link the genealogies of scattered Mugford families (and surname variants) using standard tests of Y-DNA, and to study their origins, migrations, and degrees of connectedness.

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