# Burford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/burford/  
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) | 4,905 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,861 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,945 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (4,872 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Burford 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Burford in the United States.

## People named Burford

- Anne Gorsuch Burford, American politician and attorney (1942-2004)

## Similar surnames

Brafford, Burbridge, Barber, Barbour, Barbieri, Barbera, Barbara, Braverman, Berberich, Broberg, Berber, Barbier.

## 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.