Lanford is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lanford
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lanford

How popular is Lanford?

Lanford is common in United States.

Lanford is ranked 140820 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lanfords grew by 13.29026 per cent to 2455 since 2000 and ranked 12607 after elevating 364 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.52 86.62
Hispanic or Latino 6.68 6.14
Black 5.95 4.98
Others 1.75 1.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.51
Lanford is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in American Samoa. Around 2728 people have been found who wears Lanford as their family name. Lanford have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
214,847 Australia4
89,020 Tanzania2
151,601 Spain1
448,262 Canada1
19,533 Uruguay1
6,212 Jamaica1
49,529 Israel1
172,258 Germany1
846 American Samoa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
126,462 England22
Countries with thousands of Lanford:
13,020 United States2,666

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Marcella Lanford was 17 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on August 10, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as maid and took Ocean Queen from Liverpool.

Lanford Namesakes

  • Sam Lanford, Baseball player
  • Doug Lanford, Video Game Designer
  • H. W. Lanford, Author
  • Oscar Erasmus Lanford, Author

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