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The surname Tilford

A surname, carried by 1,690 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtɪl.fɔɹd/ 2 syllables Soundex T416

Tilford: #16,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tilford #16,868, 1,690 people Tilford: #16,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tilford #16,868, 1,690 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tilford is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,690 people named Tilford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,657.

#16,868
rank among US surnames
1,690
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+2%
change since 2000 (was #16,062)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,860Cermak1,692182,474
#16,864Doyal1,691182,582
#16,868Chmiel1,690182,690
#16,876Melnik1,689182,798

Who is named Tilford

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

76% of people named Tilford identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 76%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tilford

Tilford has the Soundex code T416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T416.

Questions

How common is the surname Tilford?
1,690 people in the United States had the surname Tilford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,690 Americans. It ranked 16,868th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tilford?
In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Tilford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Tilford?
Tilford is /ˈtɪl.fɔɹd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Tilford getting more or less common?
More common. 1,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,690 in 2010, up 2.0%.