# Welford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/welford/  
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) | 508 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,640 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 607,767 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.6% (556 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) or welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Welford 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Welford in the United States.

## People named Welford

- Nancy Welford, American actress (1904-1991)
- Walter Welford, American politician (1868–1952)

## Similar surnames

Wolford, Williford, Wilford, Woolford, Willeford, Wohlford, Walford, Wilfred, Welborn, Wellborn, Wilburn, Wilbur.

## 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.