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The surname Hafford

A surname, carried by 1,182 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H163

Hafford: #21,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hafford #21,960, 1,182 people Hafford: #21,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hafford #21,960, 1,182 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hafford is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,182 people named Hafford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,109.

#21,960
rank among US surnames
1,182
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+6.6%
change since 2000 (was #21,848)

Who is named Hafford

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

70% of people named Hafford identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 70%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hafford

Hafford has the Soundex code H163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H163.

Questions

How common is the surname Hafford?
1,182 people in the United States had the surname Hafford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. It ranked 21,960th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hafford?
In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Hafford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hafford getting more or less common?
More common. 1,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,182 in 2010, up 6.6%.