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    The surname Wafford

    A surname, carried by 1,143 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W163

    Wafford: #22,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wafford #22,503, 1,143 people Wafford: #22,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wafford #22,503, 1,143 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wafford is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,143 people named Wafford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,119 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,022.

    #22,503
    rank among US surnames
    1,143
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,273)

    Who is named Wafford

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

    60% of people named Wafford identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • 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 Wafford

    Wafford has the Soundex code W163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wafford?
    1,143 people in the United States had the surname Wafford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,119 Americans. It ranked 22,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wafford?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Wafford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wafford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,143 in 2010, up 12%.