Last Name STANFORD

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Meaning	Local: Of Stanford. There are no less that ten parishes in the south of England of this name. The North-ENglish form was Stanforth, and there Staniford is met by Staniforth. Local: Of Stainforth, a township in the parish of Giggleswick; also a township in the parish of Hatfield, near the river Don. This phrase reminds us of the name, vizually the stony ford, 'forth' being an early English form of 'ford.'

Origin	English, Irish, South african

Rank	1,601 (2000 US census)	1,229 (1990 US census)

Count	20,610 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

73.37%, or 15122 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
22.34%, or 4604 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 80 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.53%, or 109 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.74%, or 359 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.63%, or 336 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...