How common is the surname Wilford?

2,801 people in the United States had the surname Wilford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,227 Americans. It ranked 11,279th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wilford getting more or less common?

More common. 2,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,801 in 2010, up 5.7%.

Is Wilford also a first name?

Yes. Wilford is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wilford

An English place surname, carried by 2,801 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W416 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilford is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Wilford 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 2,801 people named Wilford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,227 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,651.

#11,279

rank among US surnames

2,801

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,003)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109
#11,275	Keese	2,802	110,188
#11,279	Wilford	2,801	110,227
#11,283	Rasberry	2,800	110,266
#11,288	Eveland	2,799	110,306

Who is named Wilford

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

55% of people named Wilford identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Willford

Surnames that sound like Wilford

Wilford 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 Wilford come from?: From Old English welig (“willow”) + ford (“ford”).
How common is the surname Wilford?: 2,801 people in the United States had the surname Wilford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,227 Americans. It ranked 11,279th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilford?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Wilford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Wilford?: Wilford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wilford getting more or less common?: More common. 2,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,801 in 2010, up 5.7%.
What are other spellings of Wilford?: Willford.
Is Wilford also a first name?: Yes. Wilford is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.