Sunford Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sunford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:9,796,187405,931
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Sunford (1,548) may also be a first name.

Sunford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sunford occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunford? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sunford is the 3,100,440th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Sunford live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sunford is also the 197,011th most widely held first name internationally, held by 1,548 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 9,796,187. In The United States Sunford is mostly concentrated in: Montana, where 54 percent reside, Washington, where 22 percent reside and Oregon, where 14 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 3 percent reside.

Sunford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sunford has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sunford last name declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sunford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sunford surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Sunford earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $44,589 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunfford931/
Suineford880/
Suhnfor862/
Shunfor862/
Sonford862/
Junford861/
Cunford860/
Sunferd860/
Sumford860/
Summford800/
Shumford800/
Shunferd800/
Sunfar772/
Sonfor771/
Sumfor771/
Somford7167/
Shonfor711/
Schoenford710/
Sonfort710/
Cumford710/
Sonfar621/
Chumfor5791/
Cumfort572/
Zumpfort539/
Shumphard5010/

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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 Sunford
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