Ritchford Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Ritchford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ritchford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Ritchford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ritchford is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ritchford.

How Common Is The Last Name Ritchford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Ritchford reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Ritchford is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 50 percent reside, Mississippi, where 25 percent reside and Rhode Island, where 25 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 17 percent reside and Germany, where 17 percent reside.

Ritchford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ritchford has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Richford94489/
Retchford89126/
Rutchford891/
Ricford881/
Richfort823/
Richfard821/
Rechford820/
Rishford820/
Richforth783/
Rixford75179/
Rizford751/
Risford750/
Recford750/
Reshford711/
Raisford710/
Rishforth6747/
Rexford634,478/
Resford632/
Rishfar631/
Reichspfarr601/
Roishfar591/
Raysford591/
Risfar5310/
Rexfort5037/
Reisfar508/

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Ritchford Reference & Research

Richford One-name Study - Resource focused on one branch of the Richford family studying the origins, distributions and possible links to other Richford family lines around the UK and further afield.

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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 Ritchford
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis