How rare is the last name Buford?

8,587 people in the United States have the last name Buford, about 1 in 34,808. It ranks #4,014 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

BUFORD

#4,014

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,587
About
1 in 34,808
This common or more
56%
Who bears it

Of the 8,587 people with the last name Buford, 54.3% reported their origin as Black, 36.3% as White and 5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Buford

1 other last name also has 8,587 people.

#4,014 Deanda · 8,587

Either side of Buford

#4,012 Sweat · 8,591#4,013 Burney · 8,588#4,014 Deanda · 8,587#4,016 Biddle · 8,580

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Buford, most common first.

#12,402 Bufford · 2,391

Also a first name

As a first name, Buford ranks #5,617 of 53,615, with 3,011 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1921, with 334 births. See Buford as a first name

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