Sandforth Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Sandforth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 126 | 1:638,932 | 50,304 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Sandforth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sandforth Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sandforth is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandforth? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,573,888th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Sandforth reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Sandforth is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 638,932. In Germany Sandforth is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 76 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found. Other than Germany Sandforth occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Sandforth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sandforth has changed through the years. In England it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Sandforth
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