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    The surname Pigford

    A surname, carried by 1,209 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P216

    Pigford: #21,583 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pigford #21,583, 1,209 people Pigford: #21,583 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pigford #21,583, 1,209 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pigford is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    From pig + ford.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,209 people named Pigford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,157.

    #21,583
    rank among US surnames
    1,209
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,142)

    Who is named Pigford

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

    58% of people named Pigford identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pigford

    Pigford has the Soundex code P216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P216.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pigford come from?
    From pig + ford.
    How common is the surname Pigford?
    1,209 people in the United States had the surname Pigford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. It ranked 21,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pigford?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Pigford identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pigford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,209 in 2010, up 4.5%.