Rightford Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rightford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rightford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa761:712,86550,752
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rightford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rightford is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rightford? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rightford is the 2,061,309th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Rightford live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Rightford is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 712,865. In South Africa Rightford is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 72 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Rightford Last Name Statistics demography

Rightford earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 145.5% more than the national average, earning R 583,404 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Rightford
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