Proudford Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Proudford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Proudford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Proudford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Proudford is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Proudford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Proudford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Proudford is the 1,955,159th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Proudford live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 5,576,291. In The United States it is most numerous in: Maryland, where 55 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 32 percent live and Delaware, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States Proudford occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Proudford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Proudford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Proudford surname grew 464 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 78 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Proudford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Proudford last name is principally Anglican (52%) in Ireland.

Proudford earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.34% less than the national average, earning $25,743 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proudfort890/
Praudford890/
Proford880/
Proudfoort841/
Profor80197/
Pruffor750/
Prawford713/
Prafford711/
Profoihr711/
Proforova6723/
Prafor6721/
Profar671/
Praffor632/
Prosfar631/
Praefort5920/

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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 Proudford
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