How common is the surname Retherford?

1,934 people in the United States had the surname Retherford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,641 Americans. It ranked 15,223rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Retherford?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Retherford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Retherford?

Zain Retherford, American wrestler (born 1995).

Where is the surname Retherford most common?

Wikidata records people named Retherford in the United States.

Is the surname Retherford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,934 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Retherford

A surname, carried by 1,934 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R361

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Retherford is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,934 people named Retherford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,641 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,856.

#15,223

rank among US surnames

1,934

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,689)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,217	Nathanson	1,936	159,476
#15,221	Gula	1,935	159,558
#15,223	Rosenberry	1,934	159,641
#15,229	Salamon	1,933	159,724
#15,232	Dy	1,932	159,806

Who is named Retherford

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

95% of people named Retherford identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Retherfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zain Retherford
American wrestler (born 1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Retherford

Retherford has the Soundex code R361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R361.

Questions

How common is the surname Retherford?: 1,934 people in the United States had the surname Retherford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,641 Americans. It ranked 15,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Retherford?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Retherford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Retherford?: Zain Retherford, American wrestler (born 1995).
Where is the surname Retherford most common?: Wikidata records people named Retherford in the United States.
Is the surname Retherford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,934 in 2010, up 4.2%.