How common is the surname Halford?

3,340 people in the United States had the surname Halford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. It ranked 9,712th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Halford?

Frank Halford, British aerospace engineer.

Where is the surname Halford most common?

Wikidata records people named Halford in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Halford getting more or less common?

More common. 3,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,340 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Halford

An English place surname, carried by 3,340 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halford is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English healh (“nook, corner; recess”) + ford (“ford”).

Halford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 3,340 people named Halford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,208.

#9,712

rank among US surnames

3,340

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,708	Culler	3,343	92,356
#9,709	Mahmoud	3,342	92,383
#9,710	Gigliotti	3,341	92,411
#9,712	Hallam	3,340	92,439
#9,716	Haskin	3,339	92,466
#9,720	Mandell	3,337	92,522

Who is named Halford

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

90% of people named Halford identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Halfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Halford
British aerospace engineer, 1894–1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Halford

Halford has the Soundex code H416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H416.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Halford come from?: From Old English healh (“nook, corner; recess”) + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Halford?: 3,340 people in the United States had the surname Halford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. It ranked 9,712th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Halford?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Halford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Halford?: Frank Halford, British aerospace engineer.
Where is the surname Halford most common?: Wikidata records people named Halford in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Halford?: Halford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Halford getting more or less common?: More common. 3,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,340 in 2010, up 4.1%.