Walford is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Walford
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Lastname is a variant form of the Woolford. 1. A parish in county of Warwick. 2. Anglo-Saxon, wulf, and neard. A defender against wolves.

A variation of Wolford. One who came from Wolford, i.e., enclosure protected from wolves, in Warwickshire.

Places in county of Hereford, etc.

How popular is Walford?

Walford is common in England, United States, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Wales.

Walford is ranked 71815 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Walfords plummeted by 9.64 per cent to 806 since 2000 and slipped by 3449 spots and ranked at 29334. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.62 73.09
Black 25.81 21.97
Hispanic or Latino 3.6 3.03
Others 2.11 1.35
Walford is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 6870 people have been found who wears Walford as their family name. Walford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Walford:
2,608 England3,061
25,514 United States1,332
Countries with hundreds of Walford:
4,335 Australia823
8,917 Canada462
816 Jamaica432
3,093 New Zealand257
2,472 Wales132
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
45,159 South Africa92
6,812 Scotland54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,379 Panama47
1,827 Belize16
189,895 Germany16
68,998 Zimbabwe13
18,211 Singapore13
407,040 Thailand11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
306,885 France9
90,587 Sweden8
4,829 Honduras8
12,899 Northern Ireland6
3,169 Isle of Man6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Chas. Walford was 24 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 26, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Cornelia from Liverpool. Sarah Walford, aged 20, Sarah Walford, aged 1 year old, Dressmaker Sarah Walford, Emma Walford, aged 20, Jane Walford (19) Dressmaker, Charles Walford (52) Watchmaker, Ann Walford (48), Charles Walford, aged 23, and 1 other Walford around 42.86% of whom were dressmaker migrated to US.

From Germany

Cicili Walford and 25 years old Euginie Walford hailed from France. Of unknown age embarked for USA from Havre on La Champagne and arrived on April 15, 1889.

Walford Namesakes

  • Diana Walford, English physician and academic,
  • Roy Walford, pioneer in the field of caloric restriction
  • Garth Walford, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Steve Walford, English former footballer and manager
  • John Walford, English cricketer
  • Britt Walford, is best known for being the drummer for Slint
  • Michael Walford, all-round sportsman: a British field hockey player
  • Ricky Walford, Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s

Walford Namesakes

  • Diana Walford, English physician and academic,
  • Roy Walford, pioneer in the field of caloric restriction
  • Garth Walford, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Steve Walford, English former footballer and manager
  • John Walford, English cricketer
  • Britt Walford, is best known for being the drummer for Slint
  • Michael Walford, all-round sportsman: a British field hockey player
  • Ricky Walford, Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s

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