Redford

Redford is the 10,707th most common surname in the United States, shared by 2,850 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 105,000.

By the numbers

People: 2,850
Rank: 10,707th
How common: 1 in 105,000
Per 100,000: 0.95

Where the name comes from

Possibly from Old English *hrotiġ (“dirty”) + ford. This would be a reference to the peat-stained water of the stream at the ford.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Redford described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 83.8%
Black, not Hispanic 5.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino 4.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Redford

Robert Redford (1936–2025)American actor and director
Blair Redford (born 1983)American actor
Donald B. Redford (1934–2024)Canadian egyptologist
Alison Redford (born 1965)14th Premier of Alberta
Amy Redford (born 1970)actress and producer from the United States
Spencer Redford (born 1983)American actress

People named Redford with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Redford

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.