Piedfort Surname

502,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Piedfort Surname User-submission:

The Piedfort surname means 'strong foot', comes from the words pied, meaning 'foot', and fort, meaning 'strong'.

Piedfort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3841:29,9394,847
France2361:281,45243,215
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Piedfort Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Piedfort surname means 'strong foot', comes from the words pied, meaning 'foot', and fort, meaning 'strong'.

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Piedfort Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piedfort occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Piedfort.

How Common Is The Last Name Piedfort? popularity and diffusion

It is the 502,491st most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,143,037 people. Piedfort is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Piedfort live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 384 people, or 1 in 29,939. In Belgium Piedfort is most common in: Flemish Region, where 67 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 30 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Belgium this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 36 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Piedfort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Piedfort has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Piedfort surname increased 480 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Piedfort Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Piedfort surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Piedfort earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.68% less than the national average, earning $40,700 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piefort9365/
Piedfert8897/
Piedford882/
Pieffort881/
Piefor860/
Pedford8041/
Pidford802/
Piéfort801/
Petfort801/
Pieford801/
Phedford753/
Peidford750/
Petford67591/
Pitford6763/
Pyeford671/
Pfiefar670/
Pajiefar6388/
Pehiford637/
Pettford637/
Phetford636/
Pithford633/
Pethford632/
Pittford631/
Piephardt5920/

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