# Ard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,807 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,141 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,357 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.8% (7,147 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A Scottish habitational name from any of several places called Aird, whose names in turn derive from Scottish Gaelic àird (“promontory, height”) or àirde (“height”), from àrd (“high”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ard in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ard in the United States.

## People named Ard

- Jim Ard, American basketball player (born 1948)

## Similar surnames

Arruda, Arrieta, Arrowood, Arwood, Arita, Ahart, Arata, Arth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.