# Bamford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bamford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,929 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,246 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 160,055 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (1,916 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English bēam (“tree, beam”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bamford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bamford in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Bamford

- Maria Bamford, American actress (b. 1970)
- James Bamford, author and journalist
- Robert Bamford, British engineer and entrepreneur (1883–1942)

## Similar surnames

Benford, Binford, Bainbridge, Bonaparte, Bombard, Bomberger, Bembry, Bamberger, Bumpers, Bamberg, Bonebrake.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.