How common is the surname Hungerford?

3,294 people in the United States had the surname Hungerford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,730 Americans. It ranked 9,830th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hungerford?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hungerford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hungerford?

Ty Hardin, American actor (1930–2017).

Where is the surname Hungerford most common?

Wikidata records people named Hungerford in the United States.

Is the surname Hungerford getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,294 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Hungerford

An English place surname, carried by 3,294 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hungerford is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

Hungerford 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 3,294 people named Hungerford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,730 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,324.

#9,830

rank among US surnames

3,294

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,041)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,821	Moline	3,296	93,673
#9,827	Polston	3,295	93,701
#9,830	Eisner	3,294	93,730
#9,833	Starrett	3,293	93,758
#9,834	Mauer	3,292	93,787
#9,836	Depasquale	3,290	93,844
#9,839	Riccardi	3,289	93,872

Who is named Hungerford

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

91% of people named Hungerford identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%

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 Hungerfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ty Hardin
American actor (1930–2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hungerford

Hunger

Hungerford has the Soundex code H526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H526.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hungerford come from?: From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.
How common is the surname Hungerford?: 3,294 people in the United States had the surname Hungerford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,730 Americans. It ranked 9,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hungerford?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hungerford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hungerford?: Ty Hardin, American actor (1930–2017).
Where is the surname Hungerford most common?: Wikidata records people named Hungerford in the United States.
What type of surname is Hungerford?: Hungerford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hungerford getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,294 in 2010, down 0.9%.