How common is the surname Mefford?

3,875 people in the United States had the surname Mefford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,676 Americans. It ranked 8,501st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mefford?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mefford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mefford getting more or less common?

More common. 3,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,875 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Mefford

A surname, carried by 3,875 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mefford is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,875 people named Mefford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,676 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,750.

#8,501

rank among US surnames

3,875

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,140)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,493	Sharif	3,879	79,594
#8,494	Dills	3,878	79,615
#8,496	Callis	3,877	79,635
#8,501	Mefford	3,875	79,676
#8,504	Kurz	3,874	79,697
#8,505	Hubbs	3,873	79,717

Who is named Mefford

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

93% of people named Mefford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Mefford?: 3,875 people in the United States had the surname Mefford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,676 Americans. It ranked 8,501st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mefford?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mefford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mefford getting more or less common?: More common. 3,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,875 in 2010, up 3.3%.