How common is the surname Tedford?

3,354 people in the United States had the surname Tedford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,053 Americans. It ranked 9,679th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Tedford most common?

Wikidata records people named Tedford in the United States.

Is the surname Tedford getting more or less common?

More common. 3,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,354 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Tedford

A surname, carried by 3,354 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T316

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tedford is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,354 people named Tedford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,053 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,270.

#9,679

rank among US surnames

3,354

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,169)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,672	Vanlandingham	3,355	92,025
#9,679	Kummer	3,354	92,053
#9,683	Garrard	3,353	92,080
#9,684	Blanc	3,352	92,108
#9,686	Kunze	3,351	92,135
#9,687	Scholten	3,350	92,163

Who is named Tedford

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

88% of people named Tedford identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tedfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Travis Tedford
Actor, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tedford

Tedford has the Soundex code T316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T316.

Questions

How common is the surname Tedford?: 3,354 people in the United States had the surname Tedford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,053 Americans. It ranked 9,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tedford?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tedford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tedford?: Travis Tedford, actor.
Where is the surname Tedford most common?: Wikidata records people named Tedford in the United States.
Is the surname Tedford getting more or less common?: More common. 3,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,354 in 2010, up 2.6%.