Watsford Surname

780,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Watsford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Watsford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3551:76,0448,891
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Watsford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Watsford occurs most in Australia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Watsford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 780,352nd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 20,075,884 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Watsford reside; 98 percent reside in Australasia and 98 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Watsford is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 76,044. In Australia Watsford is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 74 percent live, Queensland, where 12 percent live and Victoria, where 11 percent live. Beside Australia Watsford exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Watsford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Watsford has changed over time. In The United States it rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wattsford944/
Watsfordt940/
Batsford88902/
Wadsford880/
Watchford821/
Batshford820/
Wacford801/
Botsford752,418/
Badsford750/
Woodsford71612/
Batchford71232/
Bottsford7131/
Wadsforth711/
Bodsford63181/
Wohzford631/
Bachford630/
Botsfort630/
Botchford5917/
Beachford592/
Bochford500/

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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 Watsford
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