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    The surname Alvord

    A surname, carried by 1,991 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A416

    Alvord: #14,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alvord #14,870, 1,991 people Alvord: #14,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alvord #14,870, 1,991 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alvord is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Alford.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,991 people named Alvord in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,071 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,930.

    #14,870
    rank among US surnames
    1,991
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,255)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,862Werts1,993154,915
    #14,866Atlas1,992154,993
    #14,870Alvord1,991155,071
    #14,876Bajwa1,990155,149
    #14,878Townson1,989155,227

    Who is named Alvord

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

    93% of people named Alvord identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Alvords

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tiffany Alvord
      American singer and songwriter, born 1992

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alvord

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alvord come from?
    Variant of Alford.
    How common is the surname Alvord?
    1,991 people in the United States had the surname Alvord in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,071 Americans. It ranked 14,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alvord?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Alvord identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Alvord?
    Tiffany Alvord, American singer and songwriter.
    Where is the surname Alvord most common?
    Wikidata records people named Alvord in the United States.
    Is the surname Alvord getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,991 in 2010, up 3.2%.