How common is the surname Gard?

4,729 people in the United States had the surname Gard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,288 Americans. It ranked 7,080th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gard?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gard getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,729 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Gard

A surname, carried by 4,729 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gard is more common than 95.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,729 people named Gard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,288 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,872.

#7,080

rank among US surnames

4,729

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,430)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,074	Maynor	4,732	65,246
#7,075	Desilva	4,731	65,260
#7,078	Walley	4,730	65,274
#7,080	Silas	4,729	65,288
#7,084	Botelho	4,726	65,329

Who is named Gard

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

90% of people named Gard identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
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 Gard

Gard has the Soundex code G630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G630.

Questions

How common is the surname Gard?: 4,729 people in the United States had the surname Gard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,288 Americans. It ranked 7,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gard?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gard getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,729 in 2010, down 2.9%.