# Radford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/radford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,956 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,785 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,830 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (12,607 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Redifer |

## Etymology

From Old English rēad (“red”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Radford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Radford in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Radford

- Peter Radford, British athlete
- Basil Radford, British actor (1897-1952)
- Wayne Radford, American basketball player (1956–2021)
- Albert Ernest Radford, American botanist (1918-2006)

## Similar surnames

Redford, Redfern, Rathburn, Redfearn, Rydberg, Rothberg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.