Paxford Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Paxford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paxford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2591:215,12818,355
Wales281:110,5198,545
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
France11:66,422,722504,397
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England681:358,46122,559
Wales121:130,7015,289

Paxford Last Name Facts

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

Paxford occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paxford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 881,213th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Paxford are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in British Isles.

Paxford is most frequent in England, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 215,128. In England it is most frequent in: Berkshire, where 20 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 19 percent reside and Oxfordshire, where 14 percent reside. Besides England this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Paxford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Paxford has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Paxford last name grew 381 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pasford861/
Pausford801/
Passford800/
Peachford751/
Patchford750/
Posford7138/
Passfard671/
Pasforte671/
Pousford671/
Pottsford630/

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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 Paxford
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