Trafford Surname
Approximately 4,452 people bear this surname
Trafford Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Trafford,' a property in the suburbs of Manchester, whence the baronetage of 'de Trafford' gets its title.
Stephen de Trafford, Lancashire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.
Read More About This SurnameTrafford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,106 | 1:26,457 | 3,613 |
| United States | 902 | 1:401,839 | 35,135 |
| Canada | 677 | 1:54,425 | 6,477 |
| Australia | 300 | 1:89,986 | 10,337 |
| New Zealand | 240 | 1:18,868 | 3,310 |
| Scotland | 41 | 1:130,581 | 8,115 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 1:444,704 | 54,815 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,183 | 1:20,605 | 2,919 |
| Isle of Man | 15 | 1:3,618 | 395 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 251 | 1:200,074 | 17,416 |
Trafford (168) may also be a first name.
Trafford Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Trafford,' a property in the suburbs of Manchester, whence the baronetage of 'de Trafford' gets its title.
Stephen de Trafford, Lancashire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Henry de Trafford, Lancashire, ibid.
1572. George Trafford, of Manchester, gentleman: Wills at Chester.
1591. Henry Trafford, rector of Wilmslow: ibid.
1580. William Trafforde, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1610. John Trafforde, Cheshire: ibid.
(English) belonging to Trafford (Manchester), 13th-i4th cent. Trafford = the Tree-Ford (i.e. a ford whose passage was facilitated by tree-stumps or timber-piles) [Old English treów, a tree, timber (= Dano-Norwegian tree, Swedish trä) + ford]
An estate in the parish of Eccles, co. Lancaster, where the ancestors of the family are said to have been established before the Norman Conquest. The pedigree in Baines's Lancashire deduces them from Ralph de Trafford, who died about 1050. This Ralph may have been a real personage, and an ancestor of the Traffords, but he was certainly no Be Trafford before the Conquest. Mr. Shirley remarks that "on the whole, it may be assumed that the antiquity of this family is exaggerated, though the name no doubt was derived from the locality at an early period." Noble and Gentle Men.
Or DeVilliers, descended from Paganus de Villars, of Normandy, Baron of Warrington, who t. Henry I. enfeoffed Alan de Villiers, his son, in Trafford, which lordship was held by Robert do Villers in the 13th cent. (Testa de Neville). In the same century Henry de Trafford, evidently a younger son, held lands in thanage and from the family of De Charlton, Lancashire (Ibid.): hence the Baronets Trafford, for whom an Anglo-Saxon descent has been imagined. See Villiers.
A location name in Lancashire.
Trafford Demographics
Trafford Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Trafford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Trafford Come From? nationality or country of origin
Trafford (Russian: Траффорд) occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Trafford? popularity and diffusion
The surname Trafford is the 105,223rd most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,636,915 people. The last name Trafford occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Trafford are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 705,855th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 168 people.
This surname is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 2,106 people, or 1 in 26,457. In England Trafford is most prevalent in: Lancashire, where 13 percent live, Oxfordshire, where 8 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Besides England this surname is found in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 15 percent live.
Trafford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Trafford has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Trafford last name expanded 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 359 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 4,100 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Trafford Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (57%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Trafford last name are 2.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.81% registered with the party.
The amount Trafford earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.21% more than the national average, earning R 328,440 per year; in United States they earn 9.62% more than the national average, earning $47,299 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.93% more than the national average, earning $51,138 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traford | 93 | 18 | / |
| Trayford | 88 | 267 | / |
| Trawford | 88 | 69 | / |
| Tratford | 88 | 12 | / |
| Trefford | 88 | 2 | / |
| Traffort | 88 | 1 | / |
| Traffard | 88 | 0 | / |
| Tradford | 88 | 0 | / |
| Trofford | 88 | 0 | / |
| Traiffort | 82 | 2 | / |
| Treadford | 82 | 0 | / |
| Trafort | 80 | 4 | / |
| Troford | 80 | 1 | / |
| Treford | 80 | 1 | / |
| Troffor | 80 | 0 | / |
| Threadford | 78 | 50 | / |
| Treffort | 75 | 257 | / |
| Trowford | 75 | 3 | / |
| Treeford | 75 | 1 | / |
| Trayfort | 75 | 0 | / |
| Trefferd | 75 | 0 | / |
| Troyford | 75 | 0 | / |
| Trofor | 71 | 88 | / |
| Trasforte | 71 | 5 | / |
| Trouffard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Trofort | 67 | 121 | / |
| Trefort | 67 | 9 | / |
| Treffert | 63 | 467 | / |
| Treuffar | 63 | 11 | / |
| Tropfort | 63 | 8 | / |
| Trophard | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tropfard | 63 | 0 | / |
| Trefert | 53 | 4 | / |
| Trophar | 53 | 1 | / |
| Trefart | 53 | 1 | / |
| Trophort | 50 | 1 | / |
Trafford Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trafford in the Russian language | ||
| Траффорд | trafford | - |
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