How common is the last name Stafford?

44,382 people in the United States have the last name Stafford, about 1 in 6,735. It ranks #764 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STAFFORD

#764

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
44,382
About
1 in 6,735
This common or more
36.7%
Who bears it

Of the 44,382 people with the last name Stafford, 76.4% reported their origin as White, 14.7% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Stafford

#762 Kemp · 44,426#763 Xu · 44,406#765 Cordova · 44,178#766 Chung · 44,132

Spelled almost the same

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

#147,954 Stopford · 112#155,682 Staford · 100

Also a first name

As a first name, Stafford ranks #8,411 of 53,615, with 1,724 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1959, with 53 births. See Stafford as a first name

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