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The surname Vanderford

A surname, carried by 2,056 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V536

Vanderford: #14,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanderford #14,507, 2,056 people Vanderford: #14,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanderford #14,507, 2,056 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanderford is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,056 people named Vanderford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,168 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,161.

#14,507
rank among US surnames
2,056
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-4.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,005)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,505Gendreau2,057150,095
#14,507Snedeker2,056150,168
#14,511Simas2,055150,241

Who is named Vanderford

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

92% of people named Vanderford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanderford

Vanderford has the Soundex code V536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V536.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanderford?
2,056 people in the United States had the surname Vanderford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,168 Americans. It ranked 14,507th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanderford?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Vanderford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Vanderford getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,056 in 2010, down 4.9%.