Stanford is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Stanford
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Variant of Stamford. A town in Lincolnshire, and places in counties Northumberland, York, etc.

The variation of the Stainforth. Two townships in Yorkshire are so denominated.

One who came from Stanford, i.e., stony ford, the name of several places in England.

Parishes and places in counties Beds, Berks, Northampton, Worcester, Essex, Notts, Sussex, etc.

How popular is Stanford?

Stanford is common in United States, England, Australia, Malawi, Tanzania, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Jamaica, Wales, Nigeria, Barbados, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Northern Ireland, Guyana, Scotland.

Stanford is ranked 12797 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Stanford bearers increased by 3.32 per cent in 2010 US census to 21295 since 2000, the surname slipped by 91 spots and ranked at 1692. The last name was found in around 7 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.25 73.37
Black 23.04 22.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.63
Others 2.14 1.74
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.53
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.39
Stanford is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 43900 people have been found who wears Stanford as their family name. Stanford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Stanford:
1,628 United States27,666
Countries with thousands of Stanford:
1,599 England5,150
1,456 Australia2,764
1,629 Malawi1,621
3,988 Tanzania1,553
3,854 Canada1,251
Countries with hundreds of Stanford:
7,140 South Africa963
2,373 New Zealand332
1,095 Jamaica280
1,610 Wales210
37,696 Nigeria206
324 Barbados181
2,603 Ireland163
16,979 Zimbabwe121
2,120 Northern Ireland117
1,099 Guyana117
4,410 Scotland104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,033 Mexico96
2,039 Trinidad and Tobago83
14,121 Papua New Guinea78
882 Belize71
8,753 Venezuela69
2,702 Panama67
116,831 France62
113,080 Brazil51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
113,742 Germany38
41,658 Spain38
10,324 Colombia36
23,433 Switzerland28
29,154 Sweden24
289,518 Thailand24
2,814 Nicaragua23
11,611 Singapore21
63,634 Netherlands18
512,385 India15
17,893 Liberia14
334,277 Russia14
24,061 United Arab Emirates14
192,576 Philippines14
5,530 China13
16,126 Ecuador13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,555 United States Virgin Islands10
113,457 Italy9
39,626 Denmark8
3,029 Guam8
62,476 Israel8
4,985 Hong Kong7
47,869 Japan7
50,907 Norway7
1,436 Antigua and Barbuda6
5,462 Costa Rica6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 16 years old barber James Stanford who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on November 29, 1848 by New Hampshire put out from Liverpool. Workman Mich. Stanford, Ellen Stanford, aged 21, 10 years old Shienn Stanford, Farmer Pat Stanford, Eliza Stanford (18) Immigrant, Brid. Stanford (12) Immigrant, James Stanford, aged 22, 42 years old Michael Stanford, Ann Stanford, aged 20, and 21 other Stanford around 38.1% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster migrated to US.

Stanford Namesakes

  • Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor
  • Thomas C. Stanford, founder of Carey, Idaho
  • Miles J. Stanford, Christian author best
  • Sally Stanford, madam
  • Martin Stanford, English journalist and former news presenter for 'Sky News'
  • William Bedell Stanford, Irish classical scholar and senator
  • J. K. Stanford, British writer of the mid-20th century
  • Wesley Matthias Stanford, American bishop of the United Evangelical Church
  • William Stanford,
  • Alan Stanford, English-born Irish actor, director and writer
  • Craig Stanford, is Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at the University of Southern California
  • Leland Stanford, American tycoon, industrialist, politician
  • Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University
  • Rawghlie Clement Stanford, fifth governor of Arizona and served
  • Aaron Stanford, American actor best known for his roles as Pyro
  • Cliff Stanford, co-founder of Demon Internet
  • Henry King Stanford, was president of Georgia Southwestern College, president of Georgia State College for Women
  • Frank Stanford, American poet
  • Peter Stanford, British writer, editor, journalist and presenter
  • Dennis Stanford, archaeologist and Director of the Paleoindian/Paleoecology Program at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution
  • Allen Stanford, massive Ponzi scheme and fraud
  • Edward Stanford, founder of Stanford's Ltd
  • Eddie Stanford, English former footballer

Stanford Namesakes

  • Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor
  • Thomas C. Stanford, founder of Carey, Idaho
  • Miles J. Stanford, Christian author best
  • Sally Stanford, madam
  • Martin Stanford, English journalist and former news presenter for 'Sky News'
  • William Bedell Stanford, Irish classical scholar and senator
  • J. K. Stanford, British writer of the mid-20th century
  • Wesley Matthias Stanford, American bishop of the United Evangelical Church
  • William Stanford,
  • Alan Stanford, English-born Irish actor, director and writer
  • Craig Stanford, is Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at the University of Southern California
  • Leland Stanford, American tycoon, industrialist, politician
  • Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University
  • Rawghlie Clement Stanford, fifth governor of Arizona and served
  • Aaron Stanford, American actor best known for his roles as Pyro
  • Cliff Stanford, co-founder of Demon Internet
  • Henry King Stanford, was president of Georgia Southwestern College, president of Georgia State College for Women
  • Frank Stanford, American poet
  • Peter Stanford, British writer, editor, journalist and presenter
  • Dennis Stanford, archaeologist and Director of the Paleoindian/Paleoecology Program at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution
  • Allen Stanford, massive Ponzi scheme and fraud
  • Edward Stanford, founder of Stanford's Ltd
  • Eddie Stanford, English former footballer

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