How common is the last name Sanford?

34,723 people in the United States have the last name Sanford, about 1 in 8,608. It ranks #990 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SANFORD

#990

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
34,723
About
1 in 8,608
This common or more
39.6%
Who bears it

Of the 34,723 people with the last name Sanford, 73.5% reported their origin as White, 17.7% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sanford

#988 Schmitt · 34,747#989 Estes · 34,729#991 Maddox · 34,687#992 Coffey · 34,539

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,663 Sanborn · 9,447#19,362 Samford · 1,398

Also a first name

As a first name, Sanford ranks #3,251 of 53,615, with 6,574 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1929, with 315 births. See Sanford as a first name

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