How common is the surname Ard?

6,807 people in the United States had the surname Ard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,357 Americans. It ranked 5,141st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ard?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Ard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Ard?

Jim Ard, American basketball player (born 1948).

Where is the surname Ard most common?

Wikidata records people named Ard in the United States.

Is the surname Ard getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,807 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Ard

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 6,807 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex A630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ard is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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”).

Ard is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,807 people named Ard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,357 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,147.

#5,141

rank among US surnames

6,807

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,557)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,138	Richie	6,812	45,324
#5,139	Geller	6,810	45,337
#5,140	Larosa	6,808	45,350
#5,141	Ard	6,807	45,357

Who is named Ard

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Ard identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Ard
American basketball player (born 1948)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ard

Arruda

Ard has the Soundex code A630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A630.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ard come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Ard?: 6,807 people in the United States had the surname Ard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,357 Americans. It ranked 5,141st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ard?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Ard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ard?: Jim Ard, American basketball player (born 1948).
Where is the surname Ard most common?: Wikidata records people named Ard in the United States.
What type of surname is Ard?: Ard is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ard getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,807 in 2010, down 4.8%.