Pamford Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ghana

Pamford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pamford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Pamford Last Name Facts

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

Pamford is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pamford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Pamford occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Pamford reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Pamford is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Pamford is most numerous in: Greater London, where 100 percent live. Not including England this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Pamford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pamford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pamford last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Panford865,180/
Pomford8693/
Pamfort861/
Pamforth801/
Ponford711/
Pomfort710/
Panforte679/
Peanfort677/
Pounford670/
Panforova631/
Panphor573/
Pomfert571/
Ponfoort5328/
Pfemfert5313/
Phanphor531/
Pocinfor531/
Phamphar531/
Phamphare501/
Phonphard501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pamford
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