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    The surname Collard

    A patronymic surname, carried by 4,053 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C463

    Collard: #8,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Collard #8,178, 4,053 people Collard: #8,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Collard #8,178, 4,053 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Collard is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    From a medieval pejorative form of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.

    Collard is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,053 people named Collard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,177 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,903.

    #8,178
    rank among US surnames
    4,053
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,860)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,173Crafton4,05676,121
    #8,174Lark4,05576,139
    #8,176Hazard4,05476,158
    #8,178Stella4,05376,177
    #8,184Kaczmarek4,05276,196

    Who is named Collard

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

    92% of people named Collard identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Collards

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leo Collard
      Belgian politician (1902-1981)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Collard

    Collard has the Soundex code C463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C463.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Collard come from?
    From a medieval pejorative form of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.
    How common is the surname Collard?
    4,053 people in the United States had the surname Collard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,177 Americans. It ranked 8,178th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Collard?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Collard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Collard?
    Leo Collard, Belgian politician (1902-1981).
    Where is the surname Collard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Collard in Belgium.
    What type of surname is Collard?
    Collard is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Collard getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,053 in 2010, up 3.8%.