Difford 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 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 53
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Difford Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Difford family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Female Servant 5
Male Servant 3
Farmer 2
Labourer 2
Soldier 1
Apprentice 1
Publican 1
Shoe Maker 1
Shop Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Difford

Name Census Frequency
William Difford 77
Mary Difford 72
Elizabeth Difford 63
Sarah Difford 41
George Difford 32
Eliza Difford 30
Ellen Difford 28
John Difford 27
Emily Difford 22
Jane Difford 22
Annie Difford 20
Thomas Difford 20
Ann Difford 18
Daniel Difford 18
Albert Difford 17
Frederick Difford 17
Aaron Difford 16
Henry Difford 16
Walter Difford 16
Rose Difford 15
Edward Difford 14
Samuel Difford 14
Abraham Difford 13
David Difford 12
Florence Difford 12

Difford Surname Variants Ranking

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

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