# Ballard (surname)

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

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 61,625 |
| US rank (2010) | 544 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,010 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (59,660 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ballard 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ballard in the United States and Australia.

## People named Ballard

- Florence Ballard, American singer (1943–1976)
- Hank Ballard, American singer (1927–2003)
- Alimi Ballard, American actor
- Glen Ballard, American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer
- Kaye Ballard, American actress, comedian, and singer (1925–2019)
- Angie Ballard, Australian Paralympic athlete
- Carroll Ballard, American film director (born 1937)
- Greg Ballard, American basketball player (1955–2016)
- Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player
- Butch Ballard, American jazz drummer
- Jeff Ballard, American jazz drummer
- Guy Ballard, American mining engineer, founder of the "I AM" movement (1878–1939)

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bullard, Bellard, Belliard, Bolyard, Belardo.

## 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.