# Rainford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rainford/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 897 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,021 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 344,198 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (729 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ranford |

## Etymology

From Old Norse rein (“boundary”), Old Norse roynir (“rowan”) or the Old English personal name *Regna + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rainford 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) | 48% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Renfro, Renfroe, Renfrow, Rembert, Rampersad, Rampersaud, Rambert, Ramberg, Renfrew.

## 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.