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    The surname Wohlford

    A surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W416

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wohlford is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,052 people named Wohlford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,104.

    #23,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,052
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,916)

    Who is named Wohlford

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

    95% of people named Wohlford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wohlford

    Wohlford 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 Wohlford?
    1,052 people in the United States had the surname Wohlford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wohlford?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wohlford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wohlford getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, down 4.7%.