Scorfield Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Scorfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scorfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1291:431,92329,000
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Scorfield Last Name Facts

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

Scorfield is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Scorfield? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,484,726th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Scorfield are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 431,923. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Tyne and Wear, where 46 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 21 percent live and Greater London, where 9 percent live. Not including England this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Scorfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scorfield has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Scorfield last name increased 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 91 percent between 1880 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
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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 Scorfield
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