Whitford Surname

40,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Whitford Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the White Ford [Old English hwít + ford]

Whitford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,5691:55,1776,582
Australia2,3341:11,5661,698
Canada1,7221:21,3972,943
England1,3771:40,4635,202
New Zealand2451:18,4833,240
South Africa1391:389,76834,651
Ireland1321:35,6742,944
Wales471:65,8415,810
Nicaragua461:130,8932,092
Scotland341:157,4659,168
Northern Ireland311:59,5174,663
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Costa Rica161:298,7543,169
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Jersey51:19,8403,614
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
China41:341,830,39216,990
France41:16,605,680368,153
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Dominica11:75,891912
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guam11:160,1214,893
Fiji11:894,3914,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland921:48,1514,112
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8671:28,1153,808
Wales241:65,3513,160
Guernsey231:1,420241
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8671:26,8983,301

Whitford (147) may also be a first name.

Whitford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the White Ford [Old English hwít + ford]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Whitford (white ford), in Devonshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in Flintshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. The white ford.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Whitford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whitford is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Whitford.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 40,921st most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 569,829 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Whitford reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Whitford is also the 760,591st most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 147 people.

The surname Whitford is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 6,569 people, or 1 in 55,177. In The United States Whitford is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.

Whitford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whitford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitford surname grew 352 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 143 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 196 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Whitford last name is principally Anglican (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whitford surname are 13.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.96% being registered with the party.

The amount Whitford earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.99% more than the national average, earning R 337,428 per year; in United States they earn 1.87% more than the national average, earning $43,955 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.84% less than the national average, earning $45,289 CAD per year.

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Whitford Reference & Research

Whitfield DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Whitfield FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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