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    The surname Mumford

    A surname, carried by 6,413 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M516

    Mumford: #5,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mumford #5,431, 6,413 people Mumford: #5,431 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mumford #5,431, 6,413 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mumford is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,413 people named Mumford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,144 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,244.

    #5,431
    rank among US surnames
    6,413
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,156)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,427Medlock6,41648,121
    #5,428Gammon6,41548,129
    #5,429Bolling6,41448,136
    #5,431Mumford6,41348,144
    #5,432Crittenden6,41148,159
    #5,433O'Bryan6,40848,181

    Who is named Mumford

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

    69% of people named Mumford identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mumfords

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lewis Mumford
      American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895-1990)
    • David Mumford
      British/American mathematician, born 1937
    • Eloise Mumford
      American actress, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mumford

    Mumford has the Soundex code M516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mumford?
    6,413 people in the United States had the surname Mumford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,144 Americans. It ranked 5,431st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mumford?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Mumford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mumford?
    Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895-1990), followed by David Mumford.
    Where is the surname Mumford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mumford in the United States.
    Is the surname Mumford getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,413 in 2010, up 2.7%.