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 frequently in England. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pulford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pulford is the 115,682nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,826,453 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 42 percent of Pulford live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 1,566 people, or 1 in 35,580. In England Pulford is mostly found in: Greater London, where 10 percent live, Merseyside, where 9 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 6 percent live. Not including England this last name 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 bearing the Pulford last name increased 226 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 618 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 241 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pulford Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Pulford last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.68% registered to vote for the 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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