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The REDFERN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,278 9149 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 753 6925 0.002 15
Change since 1880 +2525 -2224 -0.001 -3
Other Countries
Australia 761 2134 0.005 47
United Kingdom 5,066 1239 0.011 110
Top States for REDFERN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 400 6882 0.001 12
North Carolina 219 4197 0.003 27
Florida 197 9441 0.001 12
Illinois 169 7743 0.001 14
Texas 154 11047 0.001 7
Top States for REDFERN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Montana 69 1711 0.008 76
Colorado 137 4043 0.003 32
North Carolina 219 4197 0.003 27
Nebraska 43 6341 0.003 25
South Carolina 95 4855 0.002 24

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

Classification and Origin of REDFERN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the REDFERN 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 REDFERN 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 REDFERN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 405 12.36
Mixed Race 73 2.23
White (Hispanic) 65 1.98
Native American/Alaskan 40 1.22
Asian/Pacific 17 0.52
White (Caucasian) 2,678 81.7

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

Meaning of REDFERN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of REDFERN.

Similar names to REDFERN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as REDFERN.

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 REDFERN

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