How common is the surname Alford?

30,771 people in the United States had the surname Alford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,034 Americans. It ranked 1,140th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alford?

Steve Alford, American basketball coach and player, followed by Phillip Alford.

Where is the surname Alford most common?

Wikidata records people named Alford in the United States.

Is the surname Alford getting more or less common?

More common. 30,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,771 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Alford

An English place surname, carried by 30,771 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alford is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English female given name Ealdgȳþ + ford (“ford”).

Alford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,771 people named Alford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,034 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,050.

#1,140

rank among US surnames

30,771

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,131	Wilder	31,018	9,954
#1,132	Lange	30,984	9,965
#1,133	Shoemaker	30,934	9,981
#1,134	Flanagan	30,887	9,996
#1,135	Bruno	30,883	9,997
#1,136	Segura	30,880	9,998
#1,137	Beach	30,867	10,002

Who is named Alford

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

64% of people named Alford identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Alfords

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Alford
American basketball coach and player, born 1964
Phillip Alford
American actor, born 1948
Alexis Alford
American traveler, photographer, and YouTuber; youngest person to travel to every country, born 1998
Robert Alford
American football player, defensive back, born 1988
Mark Alford
American politician (born 1963)
King Gordy
American rapper, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Allford
Alvord

Surnames that sound like Alford

Alford has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alford come from?: From the Old English female given name Ealdgȳþ + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Alford?: 30,771 people in the United States had the surname Alford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,034 Americans. It ranked 1,140th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alford?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Alford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alford?: Steve Alford, American basketball coach and player, followed by Phillip Alford.
Where is the surname Alford most common?: Wikidata records people named Alford in the United States.
What type of surname is Alford?: Alford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Alford getting more or less common?: More common. 30,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,771 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Alford?: Allford and Alvord.