How common is the surname Hanford?

1,875 people in the United States had the surname Hanford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,664 Americans. It ranked 15,595th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hanford?

Elizabeth Dole, American politician.

Where is the surname Hanford most common?

Wikidata records people named Hanford in the United States.

Is the surname Hanford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,875 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Hanford

A surname, carried by 1,875 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hanford is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,875 people named Hanford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,664 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,851.

#15,595

rank among US surnames

1,875

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,715)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,589	Blass	1,876	164,577
#15,595	Puffer	1,875	164,664
#15,600	Canez	1,874	164,752

Who is named Hanford

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

85% of people named Hanford identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hanfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Dole
American politician, born 1936

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Handford

Surnames that sound like Hanford

Hanford has the Soundex code H516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H516.

Questions

Where does the surname Hanford come from?: From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).
How common is the surname Hanford?: 1,875 people in the United States had the surname Hanford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,664 Americans. It ranked 15,595th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hanford?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hanford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hanford?: Elizabeth Dole, American politician.
Where is the surname Hanford most common?: Wikidata records people named Hanford in the United States.
Is the surname Hanford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,875 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Hanford?: Handford.