Witherford Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Witherford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witherford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1381:403,75427,757
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Witherford Last Name Facts

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

The last name Witherford is found most frequently in England. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witherford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,484,726th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Witherford live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Witherford is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 403,754. In England Witherford is most common in: Greater Manchester, where 38 percent reside, West Midlands, where 32 percent reside and Worcestershire, where 14 percent reside. Besides England this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Colombia, where 1 percent reside.

Witherford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Witherford has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 383 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Witherford Reference & Research

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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
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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 Witherford
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