Trafton Surname

175,097th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,448 people bear this surname

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

Trafton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Trafton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2041:164,45516,711
Canada1031:357,72432,292
French Polynesia981:2,865605
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5811:86,4358,985

Trafton (118) may also be a first name.

Trafton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trafton is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trafton? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 175,097th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,976,939 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Trafton reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Trafton is also the 859,937th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 118 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,204 people, or 1 in 164,455. In The United States Trafton is most frequent in: Maine, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Maryland, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent live and French Polynesia, where 4 percent live.

Trafton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Trafton has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 379 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Trafton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trafton surname are 3.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.91% registered with the party.

The amount Trafton earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.62% more than the national average, earning $45,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.9% less than the national average, earning $45,757 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Trafton
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