The Wofford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,856 people carried this name — #4,011 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,491 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wofford surname

From either Old English wealh (“Welsh”) + ford, meaning "Welshman's ford", or from Old English wulf (“wolf”) + ford, to mean "wolf ford".

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wofford» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Wofford in American newspapers,
1903–1921.

Newspaper page from The Columbus Dispatch carrying the name Wofford
The Columbus Dispatch 1921-09-18
Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Wofford
The Starkville News 1920-10-29
Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Wofford
The Comet 1903-05-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,251 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wofford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John W. Wofford
    John W. Wofford 1837–1907 · lawyer
  • John William Wofford
    John William Wofford 1898–1955 · military officer
  • Thomas A. Wofford
    Thomas A. Wofford 1908–1978 · lawyer
  • Harris Wofford
    Harris Wofford 1926–2019 · lawyer
  • James Wofford d. 2000 · politician
  • John Wofford 1931–2021 · event rider

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wofford,
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 States466 records

466 records of the Wofford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 293
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 157
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Calvin D. Wofford

    Born 1920 in Florida. Enlisted 1942 at Orlando Air Base; office clerk from Orange County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Phillip Wofford

    Born 1949; from Battle Creek, Michigan. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Daniel J. Wofford

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1930, died 1998; buried at Love Cemetery, Grove, Oklahoma.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 466 records for Wofford in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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