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The surname Warford

An English surname, carried by 2,420 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W616

Warford: #12,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Warford #12,752, 2,420 people Warford: #12,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Warford #12,752, 2,420 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Warford is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English personal name Wīgheard (genitive singular Wīgheardes) + ford.

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 2,420 people named Warford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,305.

#12,752
rank among US surnames
2,420
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+5%
change since 2000 (was #12,360)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,744Fuerte2,422127,475
#12,745Mudge2,421127,528
#12,752DeGraw2,420127,581
#12,757Frei2,419127,634
#12,760Callanan2,418127,686

Who is named Warford

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

80% of people named Warford identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 80%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Warford come from?
From Old English personal name Wīgheard (genitive singular Wīgheardes) + ford.
How common is the surname Warford?
2,420 people in the United States had the surname Warford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,581 Americans. It ranked 12,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Warford?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Warford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Warford getting more or less common?
More common. 2,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,420 in 2010, up 5.0%.