# Buford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/buford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,089 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,907 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,969 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (8,751 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English burg (“castle”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Buford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Buford in the United States and Jordan.

## People named Buford

- Rodney Buford, American basketball player (born 1977)
- William Buford, American basketball player (born 1990)
- R. C. Buford, American basketball manager
- Perrin Buford, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Bill Buford, American writer
- Marcus Rediker, American historian

## Similar surnames

Bufford, Bouffard, Beauford, Byford, Beveridge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.