Whatford Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

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

Whatford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whatford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2001:1,812,295118,682
England1811:307,83523,246
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Scotland61:892,30328,047
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:297,26120,172
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Whatford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whatford is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whatford? popularity and diffusion

Whatford is the 654,010th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The surname Whatford is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Whatford are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 1,812,295. In The United States Whatford is mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 77 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Georgia, where 2 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent are found and New Zealand, where 7 percent are found.

Whatford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whatford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whatford surname expanded 1,111 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 221 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whatford Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whatford surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Whatford earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,862 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whaitford941/
Watford936,318/
Waetford88251/
Whadford8819/
Wattford883/
Waitford881/
Wathford881/
Watfords880/
Whetford880/
Weathford8214/
Wadford80810/
Batford809/
Watferd801/
Wotford801/
Wetford801/
Watfort800/
Weatheford789/
Weitford751/
Wottford751/
Bathford751/
Batfford751/
Battford750/
Waitferd750/
Wethford750/
Weathfort710/
Botford6720/
Badford6719/
Wodford676/
Wedford672/
Uotford672/
Wadfort671/
Wadferd670/
Wotfard670/
Vetford670/

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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 Whatford
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