The Rayford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,584 people carried this name — #7,270 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 10% from 4,186 in 2000.

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In print

Rayford in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from The Bottineau Courant carrying the name Rayford
The Bottineau Courant 1920-12-16
Newspaper page from Mineral Point Tribune carrying the name Rayford
Mineral Point Tribune 1920-06-24
Newspaper page from The Lamar Register carrying the name Rayford
The Lamar Register 1920-05-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,614 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rayford in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

83 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rayford. The most, 15, date from the 1890s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 27
South Australia 21
New South Wales 15
Queensland 13
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rayford.

Who carried it

People named Rayford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alma Rayford
    Alma Rayford 1903–1987 · actor
  • Robert Rayford 1953–1969

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rayford,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States190 records

190 records of the Rayford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 95
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Owen Rayford

    Born 1910 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at San Francisco, California; warehouseman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Sunrise Memorial Cemetery, Vallejo, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Henry Rayford

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1971; buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Winifre E. Rayford

    Born 1888. Entered the United States in 1931. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 190 records for Rayford in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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