Retchford Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Retchford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 99 | 1:272,684 | 24,601 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Retchford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Retchford Come From? nationality or country of origin
Retchford has its highest incidence in Australia. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Retchford? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,604,449th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. Retchford is primarily found in Oceania, where 79 percent of Retchford live; 79 percent live in Australasia and 79 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
This surname is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 272,684. In Australia it is mostly found in: Queensland, where 45 percent live, Northern Territory, where 25 percent live and Victoria, where 21 percent live. Beside Australia Retchford is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Retchford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Retchford has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rechford | 94 | 0 | / |
| Ratchford | 89 | 3,664 | / |
| Rotchford | 89 | 600 | / |
| Ritchford | 89 | 6 | / |
| Recford | 88 | 0 | / |
| Rothchford | 84 | 2 | / |
| Rathchford | 84 | 2 | / |
| Richford | 82 | 489 | / |
| Reshford | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ratchferd | 78 | 0 | / |
| Ratchfort | 78 | 0 | / |
| Rotchferd | 78 | 0 | / |
| Rotchfort | 78 | 0 | / |
| Rexford | 75 | 4,478 | / |
| Resford | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ricford | 75 | 1 | / |
| Richfort | 71 | 3 | / |
| Richfard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rishford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Richforth | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rixford | 63 | 179 | / |
| Rexfort | 63 | 37 | / |
| Rizford | 63 | 1 | / |
| Risford | 63 | 0 | / |
| Reichspfarr | 60 | 1 | / |
| Rexforth | 59 | 100 | / |
| Resforte | 59 | 1 | / |
| Reesfard | 59 | 1 | / |
| Raysford | 59 | 1 | / |
| Raisford | 59 | 0 | / |
| Resforts | 59 | 0 | / |
| Rishforth | 56 | 47 | / |
| Reisfar | 50 | 8 | / |
| Rishfar | 50 | 1 | / |
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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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