Pulford Surname

115,682nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,990 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Pulford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pulford,' a parish in Cheshire, five miles from Chester.

1590. Randall Pulford, Denbighshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

Bryan Pulford, of Barton, 1593: Wills at Chester.

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Pulford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5661:35,5804,689
United States1,0261:353,27431,629
Australia9111:29,6333,988
Canada1421:259,47624,513
New Zealand1421:31,8905,546
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Wales531:58,3875,284
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
France21:33,211,361423,184
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6931:35,1744,600
Wales221:71,2923,399
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1661:302,52223,980

Pulford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pulford,' a parish in Cheshire, five miles from Chester.

1590. Randall Pulford, Denbighshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

Bryan Pulford, of Barton, 1593: Wills at Chester.

Griffith Pulford, of Pulford, 1612: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Pulford (Chesh.), a.d. 1303-4 Pulford = the Ford at the Pool [Old English pól + ford]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Cheshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Pulsford; a location name in Devon.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pulford Last Name Facts

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

Pulford (Russian: Пулфорд) is found most in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 115,682nd most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,826,453 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 42 percent of Pulford live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Pulford is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 1,566 people, or 1 in 35,580. In England Pulford is primarily found in: Greater London, where 10 percent live, Merseyside, where 9 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 6 percent live. Besides England this surname exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 23 percent live.

Pulford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pulford has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Pulford surname grew 226 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 618 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 241 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pulford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Pulford are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.68% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pulford earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 52.1% more than the national average, earning R 361,440 per year; in United States they earn 22.97% more than the national average, earning $53,060 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.14% more than the national average, earning $60,685 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paulford9313/
Pullford933/
Pulfords930/
Polford8612/
Pulferd860/
Poulfort8022/
Poolford8019/
Pulforth800/
Pulfar773/
Philfort670/

Pulford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pulford in the Russian language
Пулфордpulford-

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