# Watford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/watford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,646 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,194 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 66,454 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (4,270 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /wɒtfəd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Wadford |

## Etymology

From either Old English wæt (“wet”) or wāþ (“hunting, chase”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Watford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Watford in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Watford

- Destiny Watford, American environmentalist
- Gwen Watford, British actress (1927–1994)
- Trendon Watford, American basketball player (born 2000)

## Similar surnames

Whitford, Whiteford, Woodbury, Woodford, Woodburn, Woodberry, Woodfork, Woodbridge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.