Radnor Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Radnor Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Radnor, the Anglo-Saxon Readaora, dat. form Readanoran (a.D. 774) = At the Red Bank or Shore [Old English r(e)áda, dat. r(e)ádan, red + óra, dat. óran, bank, shore]

Radnor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1731:322,07023,948
United States1251:2,899,671170,778
Wales351:88,4157,250
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England831:293,67920,037
Wales91:174,2686,522
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Radnor (38) may also be a first name.

Radnor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Radnor, the Anglo-Saxon Readaora, dat. form Readanoran (a.D. 774) = At the Red Bank or Shore [Old English r(e)áda, dat. r(e)ádan, red + óra, dat. óran, bank, shore]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A town in Radnorshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Pryce renders this name the fern land; no doubt from reden-noor.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(Cornish British) The enclosure of ferns.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Radnor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Radnor (Russian: Раднор) occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Radnor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 749,861st most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,027,535 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Radnor live; 55 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in British Isles. Radnor is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 38 people.

It is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 322,070. In England Radnor is most prevalent in: Shropshire, where 18 percent are found, Herefordshire, where 18 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 15 percent are found. Apart from England it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Wales, where 9 percent are found.

Radnor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Radnor has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Radnor surname expanded 208 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 2,500 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 389 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Radnor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Radnor last name are 4.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.72% registered with the party.

The amount Radnor earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 9.99% more than the national average, earning $47,461 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.99% less than the national average, earning $36,272 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raydnor920/
Readnour86270/
Readnohr861/
Readenor861/
Rednor8386/
Radnur837/
Readenour8083/
Rednoyr772/
Rednoor772/
Rgadnar771/
Reidnour714/
Readnaur710/
Rodnar676/
Reidenour671/
Rednar670/
Reidenhour6370/
Reidnaur570/

Radnor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Radnor in the Russian language
Раднорradnor-

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