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    The surname Whiteford

    A surname, carried by 1,461 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W316

    Whiteford: #18,766 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whiteford #18,766, 1,461 people Whiteford: #18,766 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whiteford #18,766, 1,461 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whiteford is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Whitford.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,461 people named Whiteford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,352.

    #18,766
    rank among US surnames
    1,461
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,755)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,757Wilker1,462211,180
    #18,766Graddy1,461211,325

    Who is named Whiteford

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

    93% of people named Whiteford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whiteford

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whiteford come from?
    Variant of Whitford.
    How common is the surname Whiteford?
    1,461 people in the United States had the surname Whiteford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. It ranked 18,766th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whiteford?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Whiteford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Whiteford getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,461 in 2010, up 8.1%.