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 occurs most in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Romford? popularity and diffusion

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

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,321,586. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 67 percent reside, Somerset, where 29 percent reside and Devon, where 4 percent reside. Beside England Romford exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent reside.

Romford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Romford has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Romford surname increased 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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