The surname Dunford
A surname, carried by 3,952 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D516
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,952 people named Dunford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,124 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,757.
#8,375
rank among US surnames
3,952
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+5.2%
change since 2000 (was #8,128)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8,369 | Bressler | 3,956 | 78,045 |
| #8,372 | Ardoin | 3,955 | 78,065 |
| #8,373 | Greenleaf | 3,954 | 78,084 |
| #8,375 | Dunford | 3,952 | 78,124 |
| #8,377 | Kalinowski | 3,951 | 78,144 |
| #8,380 | Zuber | 3,950 | 78,163 |
Who is named Dunford
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Dunford identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Dunford 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 Dunford?
- 3,952 people in the United States had the surname Dunford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,124 Americans. It ranked 8,375th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dunford?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dunford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Dunford getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,952 in 2010, up 5.2%.