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    The surname Basford

    A surname, carried by 1,098 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B216

    Basford: #23,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Basford #23,222, 1,098 people Basford: #23,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Basford #23,222, 1,098 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Basford is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,098 people named Basford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,160.

    #23,222
    rank among US surnames
    1,098
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,105)

    Who is named Basford

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

    95% of people named Basford identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Basford

    Basford has the Soundex code B216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B216.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Basford?
    1,098 people in the United States had the surname Basford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. It ranked 23,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Basford?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Basford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Basford getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,098 in 2010, down 5.3%.