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    The surname Bamford

    An English place surname, carried by 1,929 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B516

    Bamford: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bamford #15,246, 1,929 people Bamford: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bamford #15,246, 1,929 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bamford is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Bamford 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 1,929 people named Bamford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,916.

    #15,246
    rank among US surnames
    1,929
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,335)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972
    #15,246Soden1,929160,055
    #15,250Moorefield1,928160,138
    #15,255Bohman1,927160,221

    Who is named Bamford

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

    94% of people named Bamford identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bamfords

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maria Bamford
      American actress (b. 1970)
    • James Bamford
      Author and journalist, born 1946
    • Robert Bamford
      British engineer and entrepreneur (1883–1942)

    Notable Bamfords come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bamford

    Bamford has the Soundex code B516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B516.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bamford come from?
    From Old English bēam (“tree, beam”) + ford (“ford”).
    How common is the surname Bamford?
    1,929 people in the United States had the surname Bamford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. It ranked 15,246th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bamford?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bamford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Bamford?
    Maria Bamford, American actress (b. 1970), followed by James Bamford.
    Where is the surname Bamford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bamford in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Bamford?
    Bamford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bamford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,929 in 2010, up 0.7%.