How common is the surname Belford?

2,513 people in the United States had the surname Belford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,859 Americans. It ranked 12,378th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Belford?

Christine Belford, American actress.

Where is the surname Belford most common?

Wikidata records people named Belford in the United States.

Is the surname Belford getting more or less common?

More common. 2,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,513 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Belford

An English place surname, carried by 2,513 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belford is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English belle (“bell; bell-shaped hill”) + ford (“ford”).

Belford 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 2,513 people named Belford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,859 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,392.

#12,378

rank among US surnames

2,513

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,981)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,370	Mikel	2,514	122,810
#12,378	Richer	2,513	122,859
#12,384	Barras	2,512	122,908

Who is named Belford

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

75% of people named Belford identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Belfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christine Belford
American actress, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Belford

Belford has the Soundex code B416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B416.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Belford come from?: From Old English belle (“bell; bell-shaped hill”) + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Belford?: 2,513 people in the United States had the surname Belford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,859 Americans. It ranked 12,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belford?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Belford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Belford?: Christine Belford, American actress.
Where is the surname Belford most common?: Wikidata records people named Belford in the United States.
What type of surname is Belford?: Belford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Belford getting more or less common?: More common. 2,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,513 in 2010, up 5.1%.