Explore the Family Name Efird

The meaning of Efird

Altered form of English Efford or perhaps of German Effert or of its variant Evert. This name is most common in NC. Compare Efurd.

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How common is the last name Efird in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Efird has seen a slight decrease in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Efird ranked 15,340 in terms of commonality among surnames in the United States, but by 2010, it dropped to a ranking of 16,179. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with the Efird surname slightly increased from 1,759 in 2000 to 1,786 in 2010. However, when the proportion of the Efird surname is considered per 100,000 people, there was a decrease of about 6.15 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,340	#16,179	-5.47%
Count	1,759	1,786	1.53%
Proportion per 100k	0.65	0.61	-6.15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Efird

In terms of ethnic identity, the Efird surname shows varying changes based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. Between 2000 and 2010, those identifying as White decreased slightly from 96.76 percent to 95.86 percent. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black had been suppressed for privacy in 2010. On the other hand, there were noticeable increases in the percentages of those identifying as two or more races and Hispanic, with an increase of 59.46 percent and 41.76 percent respectively. There was also a significant increase in those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, going from 0.45 percent in 2000 to 0.95 percent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.76%	95.86%	-0.93%
Hispanic	0.91%	1.29%	41.76%
Two or More Races	0.74%	1.18%	59.46%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.45%	0.95%	111.11%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4%	0%	0%
Black	0.74%	0%	0%