Wanford Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Wanford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England701:795,97243,050
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:594,52130,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Wanford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wanford is found most in England. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanford? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,907,068th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. Wanford is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Wanford reside; 74 percent reside in Northern Europe and 74 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 795,972. In England it is mostly found in: Derbyshire, where 24 percent live, Cheshire, where 19 percent live and Hertfordshire, where 16 percent live. Other than England Wanford occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Wanford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wanford has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wanford surname expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wainford9353/
Wayneford881/
Banford861,363/
Wonford8647/
Vanford867/
Wamford860/
Wattenford828/
Weasenford820/
Beanford802/
Weinford801/
Bainford800/
Waynforth753/
Bamford7115,799/
Weisenford7115/
Bonford715/
Wasenforth712/
Weitenford711/
Vamford711/
Banfard711/
Banfort710/
Weasenforth67143/
Bounford6751/
Banforth6714/
Beanfort676/
Wanfahrt673/
Beinford672/
Bampford670/
Bonnford670/

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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 Wanford
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