Romford Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Romford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Romford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:2,321,58686,519
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Romford Last Name Facts

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

Romford is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Romford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Romford live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,321,586. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 67 percent are found, Somerset, where 29 percent are found and Devon, where 4 percent are found. Aside from England this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 4 percent are found.

Romford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Romford has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Romford last name rose 218 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Romfor920/
Rumford861,103/
Ramford8617/
Romfort864/
Remford862/
Roumfort8027/
Rhumford802/
Rumpford801/
Ronfor775/
Ranford711,311/
Ronfard71131/
Ronfort71120/
Ramfort7124/
Remfort7123/
Runford712/
Rumfort711/
Remferd711/
Ramforth67147/
Ronforth671/
Roinfard671/
Romphore671/
Ranfords670/
Rosenfard631/
Ramfar62127/
Ranfor622/
Ronfar621/
Rattinford590/
Remfert57131/
Ranfort57112/
Ramfert5711/
Ramfare572/
Ramfeur571/
Ramphort531,068/
Ramphore53520/
Rempfert536/
Remphort531/
Rempherd530/
Rumpfhart502/
Ramphorre501/

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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 Romford
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