How common is the surname Card?

9,742 people in the United States had the surname Card in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,692 Americans. It ranked 3,651st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Card?

Orson Scott Card, American science fiction novelist (born 1951).

Where is the surname Card most common?

Wikidata records people named Card in the United States.

Is the surname Card getting more or less common?

Less common. 12,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,742 in 2010, down 22%.

The surname Card

An occupational surname, carried by 9,742 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Card is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a carder of wool.

Card 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 9,742 people named Card in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,692 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,532.

#3,651

rank among US surnames

9,742

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

-22.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,652)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,646	Doll	9,749	31,669
#3,647	Dix	9,748	31,673
#3,650	Majors	9,747	31,676
#3,651	Card	9,742	31,692

Who is named Card

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

83% of people named Card identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Orson Scott Card
American science fiction novelist (born 1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Card

Card has the Soundex code C630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C630.

Questions

How common is the surname Card?: 9,742 people in the United States had the surname Card in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,692 Americans. It ranked 3,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Card?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Card identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Card?: Orson Scott Card, American science fiction novelist (born 1951).
Where is the surname Card most common?: Wikidata records people named Card in the United States.
What type of surname is Card?: Card is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Card getting more or less common?: Less common. 12,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,742 in 2010, down 22%.