How common is the surname Buford?

9,089 people in the United States had the surname Buford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,969 Americans. It ranked 3,907th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Buford?

Rodney Buford, American basketball player (born 1977), followed by William Buford.

Where is the surname Buford most common?

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

Is the surname Buford getting more or less common?

More common. 8,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,089 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Buford

An English surname, carried by 9,089 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buford is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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 9,089 people named Buford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,969 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,751.

#3,907

rank among US surnames

9,089

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,722)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,898	Knudsen	9,104	33,913
#3,899	Slocum	9,102	33,921
#3,900	Smail	9,097	33,939
#3,901	Hoke	9,096	33,943
#3,902	Leong	9,094	33,950
#3,903	Lawless	9,093	33,954
#3,904	Ruby	9,091	33,962

Who is named Buford

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

57% of people named Buford identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Bufords

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rodney Buford
American basketball player (born 1977)
William Buford
American basketball player (born 1990)
R. C. Buford
American basketball manager, born 1960
Perrin Buford
American basketball player (born 1994)
Bill Buford
American writer, born 1954
Marcus Rediker
American historian, born 1951

Notable Bufords come mostly from the United States (5) and Jordan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buford

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Buford come from?: From Old English burg (“castle”) + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Buford?: 9,089 people in the United States had the surname Buford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,969 Americans. It ranked 3,907th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buford?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Buford identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Buford?: Rodney Buford, American basketball player (born 1977), followed by William Buford.
Where is the surname Buford most common?: Wikidata records people named Buford in the United States and Jordan.
Is the surname Buford getting more or less common?: More common. 8,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,089 in 2010, up 3.9%.