Wadford Surname

426,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 810 people bear this surname

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

Wadford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wadford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8091:448,03338,416
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2501:200,87517,457

Wadford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wadford is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 426,610th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,996,970 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Wadford reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 809 people, or 1 in 448,033. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: South Carolina, where 33 percent live, North Carolina, where 23 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Korea, where 0 percent live.

Wadford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wadford has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 324 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wadford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wadford are 0.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.5% being registered to vote for the party.

Wadford earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.96% less than the national average, earning $38,422 USD 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 Wadford
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