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    The surname Burford

    An English surname, carried by 4,905 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B616

    Burford: #6,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Burford #6,861, 4,905 people Burford: #6,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Burford #6,861, 4,905 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burford is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + 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 4,905 people named Burford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,945 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,872.

    #6,861
    rank among US surnames
    4,905
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,430)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,852Villalba4,91362,843
    #6,853Kyles4,91162,868
    #6,854Wilmot4,91062,881
    #6,855Harrod4,90962,894
    #6,856Quijada4,90862,907
    #6,857Nieman4,90762,919
    #6,858Brauer4,90662,932

    Who is named Burford

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

    78% of people named Burford identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burfords

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Burford

    Burford has the Soundex code B616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B616.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Burford come from?
    From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).
    How common is the surname Burford?
    4,905 people in the United States had the surname Burford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,945 Americans. It ranked 6,861st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Burford?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Burford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Burford?
    Anne Gorsuch Burford, American politician and attorney (1942-2004).
    Where is the surname Burford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Burford in the United States.
    Is the surname Burford getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,905 in 2010, up 0.7%.