Stafford Surname

6,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89,151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Stafford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stafford,' the capital of Staffordshire The surname is now far more familiar to the United States than to England.

Martin de Stafford, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ran u If de Stafford, Salop, ibid.

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Stafford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States60,3871:6,002699
England11,9051:4,680646
Australia6,5521:4,120596
Canada3,1221:11,8021,761
Ireland2,3631:1,993382
South Africa1,0911:49,6596,298
New Zealand5551:8,1591,391
Scotland4731:11,3191,533
Tanzania3831:138,22912,761
Northern Ireland3391:5,4431,022
Wales3251:9,5221,046
Trinidad and Tobago3201:4,262704
Grenada2171:50096
Vanuatu1971:1,336359
Thailand871:811,935130,701
Brazil861:2,489,23675,804
Spain751:623,36028,648
Russia691:2,088,740128,406
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
Papua New Guinea421:194,13626,902
United Arab Emirates321:286,32119,784
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Guyana291:26,2832,983
France271:2,460,101186,232
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
Jamaica241:119,5814,532
India231:33,350,669396,143
Malawi191:901,00619,501
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Norway121:428,52437,411
Finland111:499,70030,478
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Sierra Leone91:787,737678
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
China41:341,830,39216,990
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Sri Lanka31:6,936,18718,422
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ghana21:13,510,34623,679
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,5731:2,816526
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,1171:3,985574
Scotland1991:18,8101,925
Wales711:22,0901,271
Guernsey61:5,443949
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,4231:4,396548

Stafford (8,044) may also be a first name.

Stafford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stafford,' the capital of Staffordshire The surname is now far more familiar to the United States than to England.

Martin de Stafford, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ran u If de Stafford, Salop, ibid.

John de Staffordshire (Staffordshire), ibid.

1562. Baptised — Edward, sonne unto Sir Robert Stafford, knight: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1576. Anthony Stafforde, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(English) 1 belonging to Stafford (Staffs), the Domesday Stadford, Statford = the Staith or Landing-Place Ford [Old English stœð, a bank, shore; hence, a landing- place + ford] “It is impossible to doubt that the original form was Stœthford.”—Duignan, Staffs Place-Names, p. 141.

2 Dweller at the Stave-Ford (i.e. a ford which was marked out or facilitated by staves) [Old English stœf, a staff, stave, stick + ford] There are hamlets called Stafford in Somerset, Devon, etc.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An old and powerful Anglo-Norman family.

MIF 221; Map Wex

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Stafford (stony ford, or ford by a landing place), the name of several places, besides the county with that name, in England.

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

The founder of this family in England was Robert, a younger son of Roger de Toenei, standard-bearer of Normandy, whose name appears in Domesday as owner of 131 lordships in Staffordshire and other counties. The Conqueror appointed him governor of the castle of Stafford, from which he assumed a new surname. From him descended the Dukes of Buckingham and several other noble houses.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or Bagot. The younger branch of the Bagots (see Bagot), who acquired the Barony of Stafford by m. with the heiress of Toesni, and became Earls of Stafford, Dukes of Buckingham. See Dugdale and Banks.

The Norman People (1874)

From the county town of Staffordshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Stafford was the name of an ancient and wealthy Eyam family resident at the Hall from the time of John to the reign of Elizabeth (W.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Stafford Last Name Facts

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

Stafford (Russian: Стаффорд) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stafford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,335th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,744 people. The surname Stafford occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Stafford reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 70,823rd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 8,044 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 60,387 people, or 1 in 6,002. In The United States Stafford is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 100 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Stafford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stafford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stafford surname expanded 529 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 150 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 458 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stafford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (74%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Stafford surname are 12.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.63% being registered with the political party.

The amount Stafford earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.34% more than the national average, earning 413,000 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 98.1% more than the national average, earning R 470,760 per year; in United States they earn 3.19% less than the national average, earning $41,774 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.09% more than the national average, earning $49,729 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Stafford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stafford in the Russian language
Стаффордstafford-

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Stafford Reference & Research

Stafford DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Stafford FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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