How Many People Have the Last Name Sanford?
people had the surname Sanford in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 8,123 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+747 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sanford (76.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 17.8%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sanford ranks #706. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sanford grew from 35,565 people in 2000 to 36,312 in 2010 (up 2.1%), and its rank fell from #888 to #957. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 13.18 to 12.31 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 35,565 | 36,312 |
| Rank | #888 | #957 |
| Per 100,000 people | 13.18 | 12.31 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sanford
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sanford: S516
👤 Sanford as a First Name
Sanford is a first name too: about 5,465 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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