Oxenford Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Oxenford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Oxford.' Oxenford is an old form of Oxford. Thus Bristow represents Bristol as Stopford represents Stockport. 'Whilom ther was dwelling in Oxenforde A riche choff.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

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Oxenford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4941:733,72357,547
Australia751:359,94330,133
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
England301:1,857,26974,552
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Oxenford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Oxford.' Oxenford is an old form of Oxford. Thus Bristow represents Bristol as Stopford represents Stockport. 'Whilom ther was dwelling in Oxenforde A riche choff.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

William de Oxenford, peller, 7 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Johannes de Oxenford, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Cristiana de Oxenford, 1379: ibid.

John Oxeneford, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1693. John Cux, or Cox, and Mary Oxenford: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1763. Married — Thomas Oxford and Olle Woolldridge: St. George, Hanover Square.

1779. — Thomas Oxford and Ann Thomas: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Oxford, the Anglo-Saxon Oxnaford (as in the Chronicle A.D. 910— ‘tó Oxnaforda') = the Ford of the Oxen [Old English oxna, genit. pl. of oxa, an ox + ford] ‘Sire Clerk of Oxenford,’ oure hoste sayde.—Chaucer, The Clerkes Tale of Oxenford, 1.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An old spelling of Oxford.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The city.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From Oxford, in England, on the Isis, the seat of the celebrated university founded in 806; from Ox, Anglo—Saxon, water, corrupted by the Angles or Danes from the Gaelic uisge or isk, and ford, a pass or way—the ford across the Isis. Bailey derives it from Oxen—ford, "the ford of the oxen,"like the Greek Bosphorus, or from the river Ouse, and ford. The name of the river Ouse is derived from uisge, water.

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

Stephen de Ocsenefort, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Vitalis de Oxineford, Eng. 1189 (Rot. Pip.).

The Norman People (1874)

Oxenford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oxenford is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oxenford? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 503,100th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Oxenford are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Oxenford is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 494 people, or 1 in 733,723. In The United States Oxenford is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 32 percent reside, Iowa, where 14 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States Oxenford is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.

Oxenford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Oxenford has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 882 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 14 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Oxenford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Oxenford last name are 22.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.94% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Oxenford earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 600.71% more than the national average, earning S/. 135,832 per year and in United States they earn 10.4% more than the national average, earning $47,638 USD per year.

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