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    The surname Bard

    An occupational surname, carried by 5,953 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B630

    Bard: #5,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bard #5,809, 5,953 people Bard: #5,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bard #5,809, 5,953 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bard is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation.

    Bard is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,953 people named Bard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,864 Americans. That is down 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,470.

    #5,809
    rank among US surnames
    5,953
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,981)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,805Hendershot5,96351,777
    #5,806Downes5,95651,838
    #5,807McGinn5,95551,846
    #5,809Bard5,95351,864

    Who is named Bard

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

    87% of people named Bard identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bard

    Bard has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bard?
    5,953 people in the United States had the surname Bard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,864 Americans. It ranked 5,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bard?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bard?
    Bard is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bard getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,953 in 2010, down 8.0%.