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    The surname Bongard

    A German occupational surname, carried by 752 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B526

    Bongard: #30,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bongard #30,916, 752 people Bongard: #30,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bongard #30,916, 752 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bongard is more common than 80.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bongard, from Middle Low German bom (“tree”) + gard (“garden”). * A variant of the Dutch surname Boomgaard. * Borrowed from French Bongard, a nickname for a servant, from bon (“good”) + gars (“servant; lad”).

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 752 people named Bongard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 410,566 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 701.

    #30,916
    rank among US surnames
    752
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #31,271)

    Who is named Bongard

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

    94% of people named Bongard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bongard

    Bongard has the Soundex code B526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B526.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bongard come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bongard, from Middle Low German bom (“tree”) + gard (“garden”). * A variant of the Dutch surname Boomgaard. * Borrowed from French Bongard, a nickname for a servant, from bon (“good”) + gars (“servant; lad”).
    How common is the surname Bongard?
    752 people in the United States had the surname Bongard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 410,566 Americans. It ranked 30,916th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bongard?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bongard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Bongard?
    Bongard is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bongard getting more or less common?
    More common. 701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 752 in 2010, up 7.3%.