Wonderford Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Wonderford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wonderford Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4711:36,3465,352
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Wonderford (497) may also be a first name.

Wonderford Last Name Facts

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

Wonderford is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wonderford? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 641,055th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wonderford are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Wonderford is also the 380,582nd most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 497 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Wonderford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wonderford has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wonderford surname contracted 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wondarford901/
Wanderford901/
Wonderfred900/
Vanderford802,572/
Winterford80247/
Banderford802/
Vanderfosrd761/
Wynter-Ford761/
Vanderfordt761/
Vanderfourd760/
Wandervoorde735/
Vanderfort703/
Winterferd701/
Wandervort701/
Winterfred700/
Vanderforth672/
Winter Fried641/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wonderford
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