How common is the surname Shuford?

2,871 people in the United States had the surname Shuford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,539 Americans. It ranked 11,066th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shuford getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,871 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Shuford

A surname, carried by 2,871 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shuford is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,871 people named Shuford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,539 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,920.

#11,066

rank among US surnames

2,871

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,142)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,060	Ehrhardt	2,874	107,427
#11,061	Cartier	2,873	107,465
#11,062	Gilmartin	2,872	107,502
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577
#11,073	Kappel	2,869	107,614

Who is named Shuford

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

59% of people named Shuford identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shuford

Shuford has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

Questions

How common is the surname Shuford?: 2,871 people in the United States had the surname Shuford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,539 Americans. It ranked 11,066th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shuford?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Shuford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shuford getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,871 in 2010, down 1.7%.