Rickford Surname

675,256th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Rickford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rickford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2441:1,485,487101,350
England1121:497,48331,781
Canada421:877,27667,671
Guyana231:33,1403,492
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Wales41:773,63329,106
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Rickford (526) may also be a first name.

Rickford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rickford is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rickford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 675,256th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. The surname Rickford occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Rickford are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Rickford is also the 367,904th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 526 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 1,485,487. In The United States Rickford is mostly concentrated in: North Dakota, where 20 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Texas, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Rickford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rickford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rickford last name expanded 542 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 280 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rickford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rickford surname are 0.039999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.19% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Rickford earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.47% more than the national average, earning $45,942 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.55% less than the national average, earning $45,435 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ricford931/
Reckford8868/
Rickfard881/
Ruckford880/
Rickforth820/
Rigford801/
Recford800/
Reckfort75141/
Ricforte751/
Rückfort751/
Rickfurt750/
Rückforth7138/
Reckforth710/
Rückfert631/

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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 Rickford
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