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The HOSFORD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,093 13352 0.001 8
United States (1880 census) 635 7958 0.001 13
Change since 1880 +1458 -5394 0 -5
Other Countries
Australia 78 17737 0 5
United Kingdom 247 14441 0.001 5
Top States for HOSFORD by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 221 11424 0.001 7
Florida 179 10154 0.001 11
Michigan 147 8421 0.001 15
Texas 119 13409 0.001 6
Tennessee 109 5598 0.002 19
Top States for HOSFORD by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 26 3656 0.004 43
Idaho 32 5681 0.002 25
Maine 31 5304 0.002 24
Alaska 14 7131 0.002 22
Rhode Island 21 7310 0.002 20

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

Classification and Origin of HOSFORD

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 HOSFORD 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 HOSFORD 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 HOSFORD in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 27 1.29
Mixed Race 21 1
White (Hispanic) 18 0.86
White (Caucasian) 2,013 96.18
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 HOSFORD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HOSFORD in historical publications

(origin: Local) From Ouseford, in England, the "o" being aspirated--that is, the ford or way of the river Ouse.

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


Similar names to HOSFORD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HOSFORD.

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 HOSFORD

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