How common is the surname Mulford?

2,773 people in the United States had the surname Mulford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,340 Americans. It ranked 11,374th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mulford?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mulford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mulford?

Prentice Mulford, American writer (1834–1891), followed by Ralph Mulford.

Where is the surname Mulford most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulford in the United States.

Is the surname Mulford getting more or less common?

More common. 2,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,773 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Mulford

A surname, carried by 2,773 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulford is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,773 people named Mulford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,340 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,704.

#11,374

rank among US surnames

2,773

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,821)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,365	Cogar	2,776	111,220
#11,368	Nunnery	2,775	111,260
#11,371	MacIntyre	2,774	111,300
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340
#11,377	Bornstein	2,772	111,380
#11,380	Sauers	2,771	111,420
#11,383	Mooneyham	2,770	111,460

Who is named Mulford

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

94% of people named Mulford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulfords

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Prentice Mulford
American writer (1834–1891)
Ralph Mulford
American racecar driver (1884-1973)
Clarence E. Mulford
American writer (1883–1956)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mulford

Milford

Mulford has the Soundex code M416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M416.

Questions

How common is the surname Mulford?: 2,773 people in the United States had the surname Mulford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,340 Americans. It ranked 11,374th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulford?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mulford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mulford?: Prentice Mulford, American writer (1834–1891), followed by Ralph Mulford.
Where is the surname Mulford most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulford in the United States.
Is the surname Mulford getting more or less common?: More common. 2,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,773 in 2010, up 2.6%.