Stafford Surname
Approximately 89,151 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameStafford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 60,387 | 1:6,002 | 699 |
| England | 11,905 | 1:4,680 | 646 |
| Australia | 6,552 | 1:4,120 | 596 |
| Canada | 3,122 | 1:11,802 | 1,761 |
| Ireland | 2,363 | 1:1,993 | 382 |
| South Africa | 1,091 | 1:49,659 | 6,298 |
| New Zealand | 555 | 1:8,159 | 1,391 |
| Scotland | 473 | 1:11,319 | 1,533 |
| Tanzania | 383 | 1:138,229 | 12,761 |
| Northern Ireland | 339 | 1:5,443 | 1,022 |
| Wales | 325 | 1:9,522 | 1,046 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 320 | 1:4,262 | 704 |
| Grenada | 217 | 1:500 | 96 |
| Vanuatu | 197 | 1:1,336 | 359 |
| Thailand | 87 | 1:811,935 | 130,701 |
| Brazil | 86 | 1:2,489,236 | 75,804 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Russia | 69 | 1:2,088,740 | 128,406 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32 | 1:286,321 | 19,784 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Guyana | 29 | 1:26,283 | 2,983 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| Jamaica | 24 | 1:119,581 | 4,532 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Malawi | 19 | 1:901,006 | 19,501 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:6,613 | 1,336 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:10,728 | 2,153 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1:6,936,187 | 18,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1:13,510,346 | 23,679 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,573 | 1:2,816 | 526 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,117 | 1:3,985 | 574 |
| Scotland | 199 | 1:18,810 | 1,925 |
| Wales | 71 | 1:22,090 | 1,271 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1:10,854 | 1,028 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,423 | 1:4,396 | 548 |
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.
(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.
An old and powerful Anglo-Norman family.
MIF 221; Map Wex
(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.
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.
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.
From the county town of Staffordshire.
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.).
Stafford Demographics
Stafford Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stafford in the Russian language | ||
| Стаффорд | stafford | - |
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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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Footnotes
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