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The surname Hansford

A surname, carried by 3,149 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H521

Hansford: #10,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hansford #10,234, 3,149 people Hansford: #10,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hansford #10,234, 3,149 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hansford is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,149 people named Hansford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,046 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,896.

#10,234
rank among US surnames
3,149
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+8.7%
change since 2000 (was #10,212)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,228Trammel3,15297,952
#10,232Lukens3,15197,983
#10,233Edington3,15098,014
#10,234Livermore3,14998,046
#10,237Gruver3,14898,077
#10,243Tillett3,14798,108

Who is named Hansford

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

77% of people named Hansford identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 77%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hansford

Hansford has the Soundex code H521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H521.

Questions

How common is the surname Hansford?
3,149 people in the United States had the surname Hansford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,046 Americans. It ranked 10,234th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hansford?
In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Hansford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hansford getting more or less common?
More common. 2,896 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,149 in 2010, up 8.7%.