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The MONTFORD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,273 19599 0 5
United States (1880 census) 179 20936 0 4
Change since 1880 +1094 +1337 +N/A +1
Other Countries
Australia 60 21886 0 4
United Kingdom 217 15688 0 5
Top States for MONTFORD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 379 3216 0.005 46
Florida 189 12637 0.001 12
North Carolina 104 8385 0.001 13
New York 62 38234 0.000 3
New Jersey 59 22234 0.001 7
Top States for MONTFORD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 379 3216 0.005 46
North Carolina 104 8385 0.001 13
Florida 189 12637 0.001 12
Kansas 26 15215 0.001 10
New Mexico 14 13803 0.001 8

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MONTFORD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MONTFORD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MONTFORD in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MONTFORD by picking someone at random in Georgia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MONTFORD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MONTFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MONTFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MONTFORD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 689 54.12
White (Caucasian) 522 41.01
White (Hispanic) 47 3.69
Mixed Race 13 1.02
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MONTFORD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MONTFORD in historical publications

From the Latin "De Monte Forte," that is, from the strong or fortified hill or mountain.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


MONTFORD. A parish in Shropshire.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to MONTFORD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MONTFORD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MONTFORD

The following words are slight variants of MONTFORD that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.