Explore the Family Name Oxenford

The meaning of Oxenford

English: variant of Oxford, derived from an older form of the placename (recorded as Oxnaforda in about 925, named with Old English oxna, genitive plural of oxa ‘ox’).

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

The surname Oxenford, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 55,609 in terms of prevalence in the United States but had dropped to 61,436 by 2010, indicating a 10.48% decline in rank. The actual count of individuals carrying the surname also decreased from 345 in 2000 to 327 in 2010, a decrease of 5.22%. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the surname Oxenford per 100,000 people also declined by 15.38% during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,609	#61,436	-10.48%
Count	345	327	-5.22%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.11	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Oxenford

In terms of ethnic identity, figures from the Decennial U.S. Census reveal that the vast majority of individuals with the Oxenford surname identified as White, though there was a slight decrease from 96.23% in 2000 to 94.19% in 2010. A small percentage identified as having two or more races, with an increase from 1.45% in 2000 to 1.83% in 2010. Notably, there was an emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010, which was nonexistent in 2000. The proportion of those with Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity diminished entirely by 2010, while there were no changes in the Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.23%	94.19%	-2.12%
Hispanic	0%	2.75%	0%
Two or More Races	1.45%	1.83%	26.21%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.45%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%