How common is the surname Fordham?

4,838 people in the United States had the surname Fordham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,817 Americans. It ranked 6,930th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Fordham?

Fordham is /ˈfɔː(ɹ)d(h)əm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Fordham getting more or less common?

More common. 4,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,838 in 2010, up 4.3%.

Is Fordham also a first name?

Yes. Fordham is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fordham

An English surname, carried by 4,838 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfɔː(ɹ)d(h)əm/ 2 syllables Soundex F635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fordham is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ford + either hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“promontory”).

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 4,838 people named Fordham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,817 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,639.

#6,930

rank among US surnames

4,838

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,924	Loudermilk	4,845	63,725
#6,926	Neary	4,844	63,738
#6,928	Borg	4,843	63,751
#6,930	Fordham	4,838	63,817
#6,932	Arguelles	4,837	63,830
#6,933	Holler	4,836	63,843

Who is named Fordham

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

67% of people named Fordham identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fordham

Fortman

Fordham has the Soundex code F635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F635.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fordham come from?: From Old English ford + either hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“promontory”).
How common is the surname Fordham?: 4,838 people in the United States had the surname Fordham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,817 Americans. It ranked 6,930th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fordham?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Fordham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Fordham?: Fordham is /ˈfɔː(ɹ)d(h)əm/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Fordham getting more or less common?: More common. 4,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,838 in 2010, up 4.3%.
Is Fordham also a first name?: Yes. Fordham is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.