Alford is used as a family name or surname in English. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alford
No. of characters: 6
Origin: English
Meaning: From Alford, a town in Lincolnshire, England, signifying the old ford or way, from ald, old and ford, a ford, way or press.

How popular is Alford?

Alford is common in United States.

Alford is ranked 11631 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Alford bearers increased by 2.399334 per cent in 2010 US census to 30771 since 2000, the surname slipped by 76 spots and ranked at 1140. The last name was found in around 104 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.95 66.04
Black 30.58 29.62
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.75
Others 2.01 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.76 0.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.42 0.43
Alford is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead in terms of density. Around 45978 people have been found who wears Alford as their family name. Alford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,031 China6
13,220 Thailand6
9,759 Japan5
1,171 Grenada4
2,537 Afghanistan4
19,452 Malaysia3
10,329 Pakistan3
32,695 Nigeria3
3,340 Jamaica3
661,536 Indonesia3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
50,640 Switzerland2
89,020 Tanzania2
1,235 Belize2
54,641 Sweden2
34,572 Israel2
5,936 Bahrain2
9,185 Hong Kong2
40,256 Mexico2
34,681 Norway2
5,553 Taiwan1
1,818 Guernsey1
7,941 Guatemala1
17,236 Ghana1
25,746 Finland1
11,486 Estonia1
746 Dominica1
34,581 Chile1
2,211 Brunei1
8,181 Botswana1
9,591 Panama1
9,116 Nicaragua1
5,467 Haiti1
7,895 South Korea1
13,447 Uganda1
492,292 Ukraine1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
3,307 Malta1
7,292 Vietnam1
12,745 Luxembourg1
24,460 Armenia1
17,575 Kuwait1
11,510 Oman1
50,549 Georgia1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
95,259 Italy45
9,524 Portugal37
298,295 India36
43,662 Belgium30
302 Saint Kitts and Nevis26
699 Isle of Man21
23,914 Denmark20
69,202 Netherlands18
15,050 Singapore18
1,163 Jersey17
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,365 Lebanon84
2,536 Northern Ireland83
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
37,652 Spain59
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Alford:
5,028 Canada881
9,230 South Africa694
20,699 Germany504
27,752 Philippines451
902 Wales429
4,308 Colombia419
3,102 Scotland210
4,879 New Zealand156
9,538 Venezuela151
2,852 Ireland147
Countries with thousands of Alford:
2,310 England3,442
1,646 Australia1,944
Countries with ten thousands of Alford:
1,054 United States35,792
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Alford was 36 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 29, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Sardinia from Liverpool. Workwoman Maria Alford, Charles Alford (33) Bottle Maker, 30 years old Catherine Alford, 6 years old Rosana Alford, John Alford, Infant William Alford, 38 years old Jno. Alford, William Alford (34) Immigrant, are other Alford that migrated to US.

Comments

B
Bok Briley
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname comes from the agglutination of the Anglo-Saxon personal name alf and fjord meaning Fjord alf - diminutive alfred - the name specifies the location of the remains ancestral.

Alford Namesakes

  • Steve Alford, Basketball Coach
  • Phillip Alford, Actor
  • Mario Alford, Football wide receiver
  • Robert Alford, Football cornerback
  • Bryce Alford, Basketball Player
  • John Alford, Actor
  • Henry Alford, Poet
  • Jeffrey Alford, Food writer
  • Chalmers Alford, Guitarist
  • Robert Alford, Politician
  • Destiney Alford, from 2016 action, crime flick Prey Before You Eat, who characterized the Dez.
  • Raejon Alford portrayed leading role of Que in 2016 drama film Blue.
  • In 2017 drama movie, Theron Madison's Blue, Shantez Alford portrayed Tre.
  • In 2015 drama flick, Interrogation Room 109, Reco Alford played Wildpit.
  • Gregory Alford characterized the leading role of Officer Rodgers in 2013 comedy, thriller flick University Estate.
  • Linda Alford played central role of Margret in 2011 comedy flick Gotta Find Barry.

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