How common is the surname Blackard?

1,355 people in the United States had the surname Blackard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blackard?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Blackard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Blackard getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Blackard

A surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blackard is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,355 people named Blackard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,376.

#19,834

rank among US surnames

1,355

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,506)

Who is named Blackard

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

94% of people named Blackard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blackard

Blackard has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

Questions

How common is the surname Blackard?: 1,355 people in the United States had the surname Blackard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blackard?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Blackard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Blackard getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, down 1.5%.