How common is the last name Gifford?

18,730 people in the United States have the last name Gifford, about 1 in 15,958. It ranks #1,881 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GIFFORD

#1,881

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,730
About
1 in 15,958
This common or more
47.1%
Who bears it

Of the 18,730 people with the last name Gifford, 88.3% reported their origin as White, 4.3% as two or more races and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Also a first name

As a first name, Gifford ranks #15,138 of 53,615, with 765 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1920, with 40 births. See Gifford as a first name

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