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    The surname Stockford

    An English place surname, carried by 401 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S321

    Stockford: #51,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Stockford #51,830, 401 people Stockford: #51,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Stockford #51,830, 401 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stockford is more common than 68.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    "Dweller near a ford marked by a stump", from Old English stocc (“stump”) + ford (“ford”).

    Stockford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 401 people named Stockford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 769,939 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 381.

    #51,830
    rank among US surnames
    401
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #51,352)

    Who is named Stockford

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

    97% of people named Stockford identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stockford come from?
    "Dweller near a ford marked by a stump", from Old English stocc (“stump”) + ford (“ford”).
    How common is the surname Stockford?
    401 people in the United States had the surname Stockford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 769,939 Americans. It ranked 51,830th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stockford?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Stockford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Stockford?
    Stockford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Stockford getting more or less common?
    More common. 381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 401 in 2010, up 5.2%.