The BRADFORD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	51,726	586	0.019	192
United States (1880 census)	13,488	432	0.027	270
Change since 1880	+38238	-154	-0.008	-78
Other Countries
Australia	2,336	688	0.014	143
United Kingdom	7,828	790	0.017	170

Top States for BRADFORD by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	5,110	494	0.025	245
California	4,206	783	0.012	124
Alabama	3,282	192	0.074	738
Tennessee	2,638	334	0.046	464
Georgia	2,508	410	0.031	306
Top States for BRADFORD by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	3,282	192	0.074	738
Louisiana	2,100	285	0.047	470
Tennessee	2,638	334	0.046	464
Arkansas	1,185	278	0.044	443
Mississippi	991	447	0.035	348

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BRADFORD live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BRADFORD represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BRADFORD in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BRADFORD by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BRADFORD

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BRADFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BRADFORD surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BRADFORD in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	890	1.72
White (Hispanic)	828	1.6
Native American/Alaskan	310	0.6
Asian/Pacific	181	0.35
White (Caucasian)	34,796	67.27
Black/African American	14,726	28.47

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BRADFORD surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to BRADFORD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BRADFORD.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.