How common is the surname Guilford?

2,776 people in the United States had the surname Guilford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,220 Americans. It ranked 11,365th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Guilford?

J. P. Guilford, American psychologist (1897–1987), followed by Nanette Guilford.

Where is the surname Guilford most common?

Wikidata records people named Guilford in the United States.

Is the surname Guilford getting more or less common?

More common. 2,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,776 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Guilford

A surname, carried by 2,776 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guilford is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Presumably a variant of Guildford.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,776 people named Guilford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,220 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,611.

#11,365

rank among US surnames

2,776

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,146)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,362	Roussel	2,777	111,180
#11,365	Cogar	2,776	111,220
#11,368	Nunnery	2,775	111,260
#11,371	MacIntyre	2,774	111,300
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340

Who is named Guilford

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

60% of people named Guilford identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Guilfords

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. P. Guilford
American psychologist (1897–1987)
Nanette Guilford
American musician, singer and opera singer (1903-1990)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guilford

Guilford has the Soundex code G416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G416.

Questions

Where does the surname Guilford come from?: Presumably a variant of Guildford.
How common is the surname Guilford?: 2,776 people in the United States had the surname Guilford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,220 Americans. It ranked 11,365th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guilford?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Guilford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Guilford?: J. P. Guilford, American psychologist (1897–1987), followed by Nanette Guilford.
Where is the surname Guilford most common?: Wikidata records people named Guilford in the United States.
Is the surname Guilford getting more or less common?: More common. 2,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,776 in 2010, up 6.3%.