Stafford is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Stafford
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Stafford

How popular is Stafford?

Stafford is common in United States.

Stafford is ranked 6917 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Stafford bearers increased by 2.304351 per cent in 2010 US census to 46394 since 2000, the surname slipped by 58 spots and ranked at 747. The last name was found in around 157 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.14 81.14
Black 15.07 14.72
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.48
Others 2.16 1.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.93 0.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.48 0.35
Stafford is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 78407 people have been found who wears Stafford as their family name. Stafford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,171 Germany9
82,942 Zimbabwe8
144,389 Kazakhstan6
9,759 Japan5
7,594 Pakistan5
7,113 Costa Rica5
10,542 China4
122,390 Belarus4
46,030 Philippines4
4,138 Bahrain3
667 Sierra Leone3
78,945 Argentina3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
3,340 Jamaica3
127,708 Czech Republic3
4,367 Afghanistan2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
3,791 Namibia2
261 Vanuatu2
4,104 South Korea2
35,969 Denmark2
1,777 Jersey2
5,318 Iraq2
3,478 Haiti2
12,172 Ghana2
13,552 Qatar2
37,779 Serbia1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,190 Barbados1
90,903 Moldova1
810,193 Indonesia1
31,584 Peru1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
53,505 Turkey1
42,479 Greece1
1,254 Gibraltar1
25,746 Finland1
11,486 Estonia1
356 Eritrea1
25,721 Egypt1
10,683 Cyprus1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,374 Bermuda1
37,493 Austria1
3,586 Honduras1
17,575 Kuwait1
6,688 Malawi1
3,243 Suriname1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,814 Romania1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
11,510 Oman1
49,529 Israel1
3,307 Malta1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
89,397 Ukraine48
23,537 Switzerland45
8,214 Singapore35
2,905 Guyana31
23,443 Norway26
248 Cayman Islands26
378,102 India24
42,407 Sweden22
62,494 Netherlands22
699 Isle of Man21
1,056 The Bahamas21
886 United States Virgin Islands18
52,818 United Arab Emirates12
9,476 Thailand11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,598 Mauritius73
78,184 Italy67
26,687 Belgium59
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Stafford:
1,375 New Zealand535
777 Wales485
11,310 Tanzania413
1,847 Scotland387
952 Northern Ireland334
704 Trinidad and Tobago308
40,824 France245
110 Grenada176
60,164 Brazil159
88,775 Russia137
23,078 Spain122
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Stafford:
755 England9,529
677 Australia4,482
1,746 Canada2,929
2,308 South Africa2,813
383 Ireland2,020
Countries with ten thousands of Stafford:
692 United States52,487
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Stafford worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Fidelia and arrived on June 1, 1846. 18 years old Cathe. Stafford, Patrick Stafford (23) Workman, Richard Stafford (26) Smith, John Stafford (25) Workman, John Stafford, aged 24, Ann Stafford (20) Immigrant, Workman Patk. Stafford, Ellen Stafford, aged 34, and 93 other Stafford around 55.93% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, carpenter, spinner migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Waterford.

Stafford Namesakes

  • Clive Stafford Smith, Attorney
  • Abi Stafford, Film actress
  • Addy Stafford, Actor
  • Harry Stafford, Motorcycle Racer
  • Frederick Stafford, Actor
  • John Stafford Smith, Composer
  • John Stafford Smith, Composer
  • Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, Earl of Stafford
  • Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, Earl of Stafford
  • Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, Earl of Stafford
  • Karl Stafford, from 2017 comedy film Hanh, Solo, who played the Karl.

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