# Wilford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wilford/  
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) | 2,801 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,279 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 110,227 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (2,651 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Willford |

## Etymology

From Old English welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wilford 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Similar surnames

Wolford, Williford, Woolford, Willeford, Wohlford, Walford, Welford, Wilfred, Wilbur, Wilber, Wilborn, Wilbourn.

## 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.