# Hanford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hanford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,875 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,595 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 164,664 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (1,851 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Handford |

## Etymology

From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hanford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hanford in the United States.

## People named Hanford

- Elizabeth Dole, American politician

## Similar surnames

Hannaford, Hanover, Humphrey, Humphries, Humphreys, Hembree, Hambrick, Humbert, Hamburg, Hambright, Hamburger, Hanbury.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.