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    The surname Welford

    An English place surname, carried by 508 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W416

    Welford: #42,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Welford #42,640, 508 people Welford: #42,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Welford #42,640, 508 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Welford is more common than 73.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Welford 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 508 people named Welford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 607,767 Americans. That is down 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 556.

    #42,640
    rank among US surnames
    508
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #37,640)

    Who is named Welford

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

    78% of people named Welford identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Welfords

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Welford

    Welford has the Soundex code W416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W416.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Welford come from?
    From either Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) or welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).
    How common is the surname Welford?
    508 people in the United States had the surname Welford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 607,767 Americans. It ranked 42,640th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Welford?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Welford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Welford?
    Nancy Welford, American actress (1904-1991), followed by Walter Welford.
    Where is the surname Welford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Welford in the United States.
    What type of surname is Welford?
    Welford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Welford getting more or less common?
    Less common. 556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 508 in 2010, down 8.6%.