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    The surname Bufford

    A surname, carried by 2,596 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B163

    Bufford: #12,025 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bufford #12,025, 2,596 people Bufford: #12,025 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bufford #12,025, 2,596 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bufford is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,596 people named Bufford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,931 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,384.

    #12,025
    rank among US surnames
    2,596
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,022)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,017Satchell2,598118,840
    #12,022Detrick2,597118,885
    #12,025Pless2,596118,931
    #12,031Lamoreaux2,595118,977
    #12,033Nimmo2,594119,023

    Who is named Bufford

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

    56% of people named Bufford identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bufford

    Bufford has the Soundex code B163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bufford?
    2,596 people in the United States had the surname Bufford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,931 Americans. It ranked 12,025th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bufford?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Bufford identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bufford getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,596 in 2010, up 8.9%.