How common is the surname Weatherford?

8,850 people in the United States had the surname Weatherford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,887 Americans. It ranked 4,016th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Weatherford?

Jack Weatherford, American anthropologist.

Where is the surname Weatherford most common?

Wikidata records people named Weatherford in the United States.

Is the surname Weatherford getting more or less common?

More common. 8,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,850 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Weatherford

A surname, carried by 8,850 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W361

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weatherford is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

From weather + ford.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,850 people named Weatherford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,887 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,589.

#4,016

rank among US surnames

8,850

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,787)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,007	Marte	8,867	34,820
#4,008	Rodarte	8,860	34,847
#4,009	Burnside	8,859	34,851
#4,010	Hermann	8,858	34,855
#4,011	Wofford	8,856	34,863
#4,012	Magallanes	8,852	34,879
#4,014	Duval	8,851	34,883

Who is named Weatherford

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

91% of people named Weatherford identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weatherfords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack Weatherford
American anthropologist, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weatherford

Weatherford has the Soundex code W361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W361.

Questions

Where does the surname Weatherford come from?: From weather + ford.
How common is the surname Weatherford?: 8,850 people in the United States had the surname Weatherford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,887 Americans. It ranked 4,016th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weatherford?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Weatherford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Weatherford?: Jack Weatherford, American anthropologist.
Where is the surname Weatherford most common?: Wikidata records people named Weatherford in the United States.
Is the surname Weatherford getting more or less common?: More common. 8,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,850 in 2010, up 3.0%.