How common is the surname Whitford?

4,793 people in the United States had the surname Whitford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,416 Americans. It ranked 6,989th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Whitford?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Whitford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Whitford?

Bradley Whitford, American actor (born 1959), followed by Brad Whitford.

Where is the surname Whitford most common?

Wikidata records people named Whitford in the United States.

Is the surname Whitford getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,793 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Whitford

An English place surname, carried by 4,793 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W316

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitford is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + ford (“ford”).

Whitford 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 4,793 people named Whitford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,416 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,836.

#6,989

rank among US surnames

4,793

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,475)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,980	Gilbreath	4,804	64,268
#6,982	Herd	4,803	64,282
#6,983	O'Meara	4,801	64,309
#6,984	Corso	4,798	64,349
#6,985	Eberly	4,796	64,376
#6,987	Sidhu	4,795	64,389
#6,988	Ewell	4,794	64,402

Who is named Whitford

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

89% of people named Whitford identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitfords

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bradley Whitford
American actor (born 1959)
Brad Whitford
American guitarist (born 1952)
Albert Whitford
American astronomer (1905–2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Whiteford

Surnames that sound like Whitford

Whitford 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 Whitford come from?: From Old English hwīt (“white”) + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Whitford?: 4,793 people in the United States had the surname Whitford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,416 Americans. It ranked 6,989th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitford?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Whitford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Whitford?: Bradley Whitford, American actor (born 1959), followed by Brad Whitford.
Where is the surname Whitford most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitford in the United States.
What type of surname is Whitford?: Whitford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Whitford getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,793 in 2010, down 0.9%.
What are other spellings of Whitford?: Whiteford.