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    The surname Watford

    An English place surname, carried by 4,646 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /wɒtfəd/ 2 syllables Soundex W316

    Watford: #7,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Watford #7,194, 4,646 people Watford: #7,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Watford #7,194, 4,646 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Watford is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Watford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 4,646 people named Watford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,454 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,270.

    #7,194
    rank among US surnames
    4,646
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,213)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,187Maley4,65166,383
    #7,189Gaul4,65066,397
    #7,191Eichelberger4,64766,440
    #7,194Watford4,64666,454
    #7,195Winchell4,64466,483
    #7,198Middlebrooks4,64366,497
    #7,199Tristan4,64266,511

    Who is named Watford

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

    58% of people named Watford identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Watfords

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Destiny Watford
      American environmentalist, born 1995
    • Gwen Watford
      British actress (1927–1994)
    • Trendon Watford
      American basketball player (born 2000)

    Notable Watfords come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Wadford

    Surnames that sound like Watford

    Watford has the Soundex code W316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W316.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Watford come from?
    From either Old English wæt (“wet”) or wāþ (“hunting, chase”) + ford (“ford”).
    How common is the surname Watford?
    4,646 people in the United States had the surname Watford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,454 Americans. It ranked 7,194th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Watford?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Watford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Watford?
    Destiny Watford, American environmentalist, followed by Gwen Watford.
    Where is the surname Watford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Watford in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Watford?
    Watford is /wɒtfəd/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Watford?
    Watford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Watford getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,646 in 2010, up 8.8%.
    What are other spellings of Watford?
    Wadford.