How common is the last name Stanford?

20,320 people in the United States have the last name Stanford, about 1 in 14,710. It ranks #1,726 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STANFORD

#1,726

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,320
About
1 in 14,710
This common or more
46.1%
Who bears it

Of the 20,320 people with the last name Stanford, 68.6% reported their origin as White, 22.2% 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 Stanford

#1,724 Arreola · 20,342#1,725 Major · 20,326#1,727 Spivey · 20,286#1,728 Hager · 20,274

Spelled almost the same

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

#41,765 Stanforth · 561#103,399 Staniford · 185#125,089 Stamford · 144#154,755 Stanaford · 102

Also a first name

As a first name, Stanford ranks #4,491 of 53,615, with 4,126 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1954, with 135 births. See Stanford as a first name

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