Rochford Surname

70,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,994 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Rochford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Rochford.' Lower says,' The Irish family settled in that country at, or soon after, the Anglo-Norman invasion. Their name was Latinized "de Rupe Forti," of the strong rock, which is doubtless its true meaning': Patronymica Britannica.

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Rochford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5521:142,02914,744
England1,4181:39,2935,083
Australia1,1011:24,5193,354
Ireland1,0891:4,324732
Canada2771:133,01713,807
Trinidad and Tobago1721:7,9301,157
New Zealand1101:41,1676,893
Scotland1081:49,5724,299
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Wales381:81,4356,830
Greece181:615,54471,673
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
France91:7,380,302306,885
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8771:5,051850
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2611:93,3929,611
Scotland381:98,5064,956
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2451:204,97417,750

Rochford (22) may also be a first name.

Rochford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Rochford.' Lower says,' The Irish family settled in that country at, or soon after, the Anglo-Norman invasion. Their name was Latinized "de Rupe Forti," of the strong rock, which is doubtless its true meaning': Patronymica Britannica. This is not satisfactory. The name has sprung from two towns in England, Rochford in Essex, and Rochford in Herefordshire The meaning is the ford on the river Roche, so far as the Essex town is concerned, the Latinization being a mere play on the name.

Guido de Rocheford, London, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Eustace de Rocheford, Essex, ibid.

Walter de Rocheford, Norfolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Ralph de Rocheford, Somerset, ibid.

1601. Baptised — Michael, s. George Rochforde: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1777. Married — John Cable and Sarah Rochford: St. George, Hanover Square.

1788. — William Rochfort and Elizabeth Sperling: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to 1 Rochford (Essex) 13th cent. Rocheford = the Ford over the Roche [Old Englishford] 2 Rochford (Worc.), the Domesday Rochesforde [this may represent an Anglo-Saxon * Hróces-ford, Hróc being a pers. name from the rook-Old English hróc, m.] (Anglo-French-Latin) for Rochefort, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An Anglo-Norman family settled in Co.

Westmeath. IF 258

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Rochford (hunting dog's ford), the name of places in Essex and Worcestershire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

De Rupâ fortis: a great Essex family, that gave its name to Stoke Rochford in Lincolnshire, and held other lands in Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, and Yorkshire. Several of the Rochfords received writs of military summons during the early part of the fourteenth century, till the heir-general of the family failed in 1340; and from one of them, who had gone over to Ireland nearly two hundred years before, descended the Earls of Belvedere. Yet the name must be here dismissed as an interpolation; for, though it has been derived from Rochefort, in the Viscountcy of Rouen, it was in reality taken from the town and hundred of Rochford in Essex - the “Rochefort” of Domesday, then held by Swein of Essex, one of the principal barons of the county. “King Henry II. gave the manor of Rochford’s Hall, with the estate, to a family hence surnamed De Rochford, descended from Pagan, second son of Eustace Fitz John. Pagan was Lord of Ewyas in 1136. His son was Guy de Rochford.” - Morant's Essex.

The Battle Abbey Roll (1889) by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett

A Norman name: . Roquefort, local name

British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber

Rochford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rochford is found most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rochford? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 70,664th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,971 people. The last name Rochford is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Rochford reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 22 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,552 people, or 1 in 142,029. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 16 percent live.

Rochford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rochford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rochford last name increased 1,042 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 543 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 124 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 284 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 3,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rochford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Rochford last name is primarily Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

In The United States Rochford are 13.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.27% registered with the party.

The amount Rochford earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.47% more than the national average, earning R 409,848 per year; in United States they earn 11.61% more than the national average, earning $48,159 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.23% less than the national average, earning $48,573 CAD per year.

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