How common is the surname Danforth?

4,239 people in the United States had the surname Danforth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,835 Americans. It ranked 7,810th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Danforth?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Danforth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Danforth?

John Danforth, American politician, Missouri.

Where is the surname Danforth most common?

Wikidata records people named Danforth in the United States.

Is the surname Danforth getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,239 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Danforth

A surname, carried by 4,239 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danforth is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,239 people named Danforth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,835 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,243.

#7,810

rank among US surnames

4,239

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,249)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,801	Perera	4,242	72,783
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903

Who is named Danforth

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

86% of people named Danforth identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Danforths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Danforth
American politician, Missouri, born 1936

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Danforth

Danford

Danforth has the Soundex code D516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D516.

Questions

How common is the surname Danforth?: 4,239 people in the United States had the surname Danforth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,835 Americans. It ranked 7,810th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Danforth?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Danforth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Danforth?: John Danforth, American politician, Missouri.
Where is the surname Danforth most common?: Wikidata records people named Danforth in the United States.
Is the surname Danforth getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,239 in 2010, down 0.1%.