Staford Surname

174,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Staford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Staford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,6511:32,0663,786
Malawi6541:26,1763,951
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
England21:27,859,030389,889
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1721:291,96923,310

Staford (3,448) may also be a first name.

Staford Last Name Facts

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

Staford is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Staford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 174,524th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,964,827 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Staford are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 121,102nd most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 3,448 people.

It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,651 people, or 1 in 32,066. In Tanzania Staford is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 36 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 33 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 21 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Staford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Staford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Staford surname declined 58 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Staford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Staford surname are 6.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.94% registered with the political party.

Staford earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.6% less than the national average, earning $33,397 USD per year.

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Staford 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

  • 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 Staford
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