Surname Checker / Sanford
How Common Is the Last Name Sanford?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Sanford today
40,206
Ranked #957 of 162,254 published surnames · 12.31 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 36,312 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
76.62%
Black
17.78%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.55%
Hispanic
2.39%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.