Roachford Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Barbados
Highest density in:
Barbados

Roachford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roachford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Barbados1461:1,969370
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
Trinidad and Tobago1281:10,6561,462
England981:568,55234,674
Panama441:88,9153,543
Saint Lucia151:11,9191,145
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Roachford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roachford is borne by more people in Barbados than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roachford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 540,721st most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 12,268,596 people. The last name Roachford is primarily found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Roachford live; 49 percent live in Caribbean and 49 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

The last name is most commonly held in Barbados, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 1,969. In Barbados Roachford is most numerous in: Christ Church, where 29 percent are found, Saint Michael, where 26 percent are found and Saint Andrew, where 13 percent are found. Beside Barbados this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 22 percent are found.

Roachford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Roachford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roachford last name grew 14,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,633 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Roachford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Roachford last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Roachford earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $46,108 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.59% less than the national average, earning $46,408 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roadford820/
Raoford751/
Roasfour715/
Roadfosr710/
Rahofor6319/
Roohfar6311/
Raofore631/
Raoufard591/
Raooffard561/
Raouffard561/
Raoufar501/

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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 Roachford
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