Defford Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 21
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Defford Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Defford family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Joiner 2
Labourer 2
Stone Mason 1
Baker 1
Cutler & Gilder 1
Dress Maker 1
Farmer Of 20 Acres 1
Farmers Wife 1
Milliner 1
Paker 1
Carter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Defford

Name Census Frequency
William Defford 9
Ellen Defford 8
Elizabeth Defford 6
George Defford 6
Amelia Defford 5
Jacob Defford 5
Ann Defford 4
Emma Defford 4
Mary Defford 4
Sarah Defford 4
Frederick Defford 3
James Defford 3
John Defford 3
Alice Defford 2
Catherine Defford 2
Daniel Defford 2
Hannah Defford 2
Henry Defford 2
Jane Defford 2
Thomas Defford 2
Joseph Defford 1
Louisa Defford 1
Lucy Defford 1
Margaret Defford 1
Martha Defford 1

Defford Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Difford 86% 1,172
2 Defford 100% 101

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The surname Defford is the 2nd most popular variant of Difford.

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