Pigford Surname

262,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pigford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pigford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3861:261,51424,673
England881:633,16037,224
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2651:189,50416,696

Pigford Last Name Facts

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

Pigford (Russian: Пигфорд) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pigford? popularity and diffusion

Pigford is the 262,755th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,884,414 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Pigford are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Pigford is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,386 people, or 1 in 261,514. In The United States it is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 25 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent reside and Mississippi, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States Pigford occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Pigford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pigford has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 523 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 205 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pigford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pigford are 1.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.22% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pigford earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 17.44% more than the national average, earning R 279,084 per year and in United States they earn 14.17% less than the national average, earning $37,033 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piggford93191/
Picford865/
Pikford863/
Pigfort862/
Pegford860/
Pickford807,355/
Pitkford801/
Peggford800/
Pitckford750/
Pickfor711/
Piekfor710/
Peckford67662/
Pickfard671/
Pickfort670/
Puigfarre631/

Pigford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pigford in the Russian language
Пигфордpigford-

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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 Pigford
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