How common is the surname Rayford?

4,584 people in the United States had the surname Rayford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,353 Americans. It ranked 7,270th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rayford?

Robert Rayford, American teenager who died in 1969, thought to be the first death from AIDS in North Ameri.

Where is the surname Rayford most common?

Wikidata records people named Rayford in the United States.

Is the surname Rayford getting more or less common?

More common. 4,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,584 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Rayford

A surname, carried by 4,584 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rayford is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,584 people named Rayford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,353 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,186.

#7,270

rank among US surnames

4,584

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,332)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,264	Humble	4,588	67,294
#7,265	Spikes	4,586	67,323
#7,268	Fullmer	4,585	67,338
#7,270	Grube	4,584	67,353
#7,272	Pass	4,583	67,368
#7,274	Botts	4,582	67,382

Who is named Rayford

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

85% of people named Rayford identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 85%
White (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Two or more races 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Rayfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Rayford
American teenager who died in 1969, thought to be the first death from AIDS in North Ameri

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Rayford

Raiford

Rayford has the Soundex code R163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R163.

Questions

How common is the surname Rayford?: 4,584 people in the United States had the surname Rayford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,353 Americans. It ranked 7,270th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rayford?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Rayford identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rayford?: Robert Rayford, American teenager who died in 1969, thought to be the first death from AIDS in North Ameri.
Where is the surname Rayford most common?: Wikidata records people named Rayford in the United States.
Is the surname Rayford getting more or less common?: More common. 4,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,584 in 2010, up 9.5%.