Retchford Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Retchford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Retchford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia991:272,68424,601
England231:2,422,52489,093
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Retchford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Retchford has its highest incidence in Australia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Retchford? popularity and diffusion

Retchford is the 1,604,449th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Retchford are found; 79 percent are found in Australasia and 79 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most prevalent in Australia, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 272,684. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 45 percent are found, Northern Territory, where 25 percent are found and Victoria, where 21 percent are found. Beside Australia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Retchford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Retchford has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Retchford surname decreased 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Retchford Reference & Research

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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 Retchford
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