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    The surname Drakeford

    A surname, carried by 1,793 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D621

    Drakeford: #16,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Drakeford #16,136, 1,793 people Drakeford: #16,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Drakeford #16,136, 1,793 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drakeford is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,793 people named Drakeford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,195 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,695.

    #16,136
    rank among US surnames
    1,793
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,785)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,130Dickison1,794172,099
    #16,136Bastidas1,793172,195

    Who is named Drakeford

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

    87% of people named Drakeford identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Drakeford?
    1,793 people in the United States had the surname Drakeford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,195 Americans. It ranked 16,136th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Drakeford?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Drakeford identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Drakeford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,793 in 2010, up 5.8%.