Rasford Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Rasford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rasford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Rasford (1,299) may also be a first name.

Rasford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rasford occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rasford? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rasford is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Rasford reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Rasford is also the 218,348th most widespread first name in the world, held by 1,299 people.

It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Rasford is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 90 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 23 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rashford932,772/
Radsford932/
Raysford931/
Rausford930/
Ratsford930/
Rahsford930/
Rassford930/
Raisford930/
Raford9270/
Radford8638,820/
Rayford865,334/
Raiford863,029/
Ratford86349/
Rafford86212/
Rosford8631/
Rawford8611/
Reaford862/
Raxford862/
Rapford862/
Resford862/
Ravford861/
Razford861/
Rasfard861/
Rafor83103/
Rachford80542/
Readford80113/
Rathford8014/
Raidford805/
Radfords803/
Roshford802/
Reshford801/
Raddford801/
Raifford801/
Rossford801/
Raphford801/
Rashfort800/
Rotsford800/
Radsfort800/
Rodsford800/
Rafour771,556/
Reafor77116/
Raffor7721/
Rafoor7716/
Rafard7711/
Radfor777/
Rayfor777/
Raifor772/
Roford772/
Rawfor771/
Rasfar771/
Rafort770/
Ratchford753,664/
Reathford7519/
Ratthford752/
Rashforth751/
Rachfordp751/
Radchford751/
Rottsford750/
Roschford750/
Raithford750/
Raffard711,299/
Rodford71312/
Rhafour71291/
Raffour71227/
Raffort71186/
Raforth7155/
Reyford7143/
Rosfort7132/
Reiford7131/
Razfard7122/
Raufort7120/
Rotford7118/
Raifard7113/
Radfard7111/
Raphord719/
Royford718/
Rhaffor718/
Roshfor714/
Roxford713/
Raifort713/
Rathchford712/
Rathfor712/
Radfort712/
Reafort712/
Rahfour711/
Rayfort711/
Rashfar711/
Radfour711/
Rafgard711/
Reuford710/
Ratfort710/
Rowford710/
Rohford710/
Rofford710/
Rochford676,994/
Rafar67907/
Reidford67198/
Radforth67111/
Raffourt6746/
Raiffort6733/
Rothford6720/
Rofor675/
Rayphord674/
Raiphord671/
Rossfort671/
Rauffard671/
Reesfard671/
Rhaffour671/
Rahafard671/
Rossfour671/
Rachfort670/
Ratchfor670/
Rousfore670/

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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 Rasford
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