How common is the surname Willeford?

1,495 people in the United States had the surname Willeford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Willeford?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Willeford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Willeford?

Charles Willeford, American crime novelist (1919-1988).

Where is the surname Willeford most common?

Wikidata records people named Willeford in the United States.

Is the surname Willeford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Willeford

A surname, carried by 1,495 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Willeford is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,495 people named Willeford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,466.

#18,486

rank among US surnames

1,495

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #17,652)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,478	Melnyk	1,496	206,381
#18,486	Newhall	1,495	206,519

Who is named Willeford

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

93% of people named Willeford identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Willefords

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Willeford
American crime novelist (1919-1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Willeford

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

Questions

How common is the surname Willeford?: 1,495 people in the United States had the surname Willeford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,519 Americans. It ranked 18,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Willeford?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Willeford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Willeford?: Charles Willeford, American crime novelist (1919-1988).
Where is the surname Willeford most common?: Wikidata records people named Willeford in the United States.
Is the surname Willeford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,495 in 2010, up 2.0%.