How common is the last name Ford?

178,559 people in the United States have the last name Ford, about 1 in 1,674. It ranks #140 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FORD

#140

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
178,559
About
1 in 1,674
This common or more
19.4%
Who bears it

Of the 178,559 people with the last name Ford, 59.8% reported their origin as White, 30.7% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ford

#138 Aguilar · 180,700#139 Murray · 179,133#141 Stevens · 177,585#142 Marshall · 175,713

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ford, most common first.

#4,392 Fort · 7,821#6,294 Forde · 5,201#27,480 Foard · 929#95,461 Foord · 205

Also a first name

As a first name, Ford ranks #3,766 of 53,615, with 5,276 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 707 births. See Ford as a first name

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