How common is the surname Beckford?

4,285 people in the United States had the surname Beckford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,053 Americans. It ranked 7,748th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beckford?

Tyson Beckford, American model and actor, followed by Roxanne Beckford.

Where is the surname Beckford most common?

Wikidata records people named Beckford in the United States.

Is the surname Beckford getting more or less common?

More common. 3,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,285 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Beckford

An English place surname, carried by 4,285 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beckford is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name Becca + ford (“ford”).

Beckford 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 4,285 people named Beckford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,053 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,371.

#7,748

rank among US surnames

4,285

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+27.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,743	Bradfield	4,288	72,002
#7,744	Depriest	4,287	72,019
#7,747	Tao	4,286	72,036
#7,748	Dixson	4,285	72,053
#7,750	Laskowski	4,284	72,069
#7,752	Ramer	4,283	72,086

Who is named Beckford

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

79% of people named Beckford identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 79%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.4%
Two or more races 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Beckfords

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tyson Beckford
American model and actor, born 1970
Roxanne Beckford
American actress, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Beckford

Bickford

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beckford come from?: From the Old English personal name Becca + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Beckford?: 4,285 people in the United States had the surname Beckford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,053 Americans. It ranked 7,748th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beckford?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Beckford identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beckford?: Tyson Beckford, American model and actor, followed by Roxanne Beckford.
Where is the surname Beckford most common?: Wikidata records people named Beckford in the United States.
What type of surname is Beckford?: Beckford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Beckford getting more or less common?: More common. 3,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,285 in 2010, up 27%.