Redfern Surname

33,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Kiribati

Redfern Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller among the Red Fern(s [Old English réad + fearn] There has been confusion with the next name.

Redfern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7,1291:7,8161,143
United States4,8691:74,4428,562
Australia1,6921:15,9552,250
Canada4851:75,9708,567
Kiribati3431:33163
New Zealand2701:16,7722,932
Scotland1851:28,9403,034
Wales1731:17,8871,946
South Africa1681:322,48630,363
Ireland781:60,3714,039
Northern Ireland431:42,9083,866
France341:1,953,609166,012
Russia301:4,804,102217,805
Spain291:1,612,13947,760
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Solomon Islands181:32,2246,317
Malta181:23,9041,289
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Norway111:467,48139,375
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Estonia81:165,22626,217
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Finland61:916,11741,832
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
China41:341,830,39216,990
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Nauru11:11,879452
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Guam11:160,1214,893
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland911:48,6804,146
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,0501:6,019927
Wales781:20,1081,168
Scotland511:73,3964,210
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7531:66,6917,246

Redfern (33) may also be a first name.

Redfern Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller among the Red Fern(s [Old English réad + fearn] There has been confusion with the next name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at, or near, a place where red ferns grew.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Redfern Last Name Facts

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

The last name Redfern (Russian: Редферн) is most common in England. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Redfern.

How Common Is The Last Name Redfern? popularity and diffusion

It is the 33,601st most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 461,208 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Redfern live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 33 people.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 7,129 people, or 1 in 7,816. In England it is most common in: Derbyshire, where 16 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 9 percent live and Staffordshire, where 7 percent live. Not including England this surname occurs in 67 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Redfern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Redfern has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Redfern surname expanded 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 647 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 363 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 14 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Redfern Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Anglican (66%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Redfern last name are 9.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.44% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Redfern earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.13% less than the national average, earning 300,637 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 76.11% more than the national average, earning R 418,512 per year; in United States they earn 3.35% more than the national average, earning $44,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $53,356 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Redfern Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Redfern in the Russian language
Редфернredfern-

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