How common is the surname Samford?

1,465 people in the United States had the surname Samford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Samford?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Samford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Samford?

William J. Samford, American politician (1844-1901).

Where is the surname Samford most common?

Wikidata records people named Samford in the United States.

Is the surname Samford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Samford

A surname, carried by 1,465 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Samford is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

Reduced variant of Sampford.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,465 people named Samford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,430.

#18,734

rank among US surnames

1,465

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,996)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,729	Woodmansee	1,466	210,604
#18,734	Danks	1,465	210,748

Who is named Samford

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

92% of people named Samford identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Samfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William J. Samford
American politician (1844-1901)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Samford

Sanford

Samford has the Soundex code S516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S516.

Questions

Where does the surname Samford come from?: Reduced variant of Sampford.
How common is the surname Samford?: 1,465 people in the United States had the surname Samford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Samford?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Samford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Samford?: William J. Samford, American politician (1844-1901).
Where is the surname Samford most common?: Wikidata records people named Samford in the United States.
Is the surname Samford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, up 2.4%.