How common is the surname Guard?

1,613 people in the United States had the surname Guard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. It ranked 17,472nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Guard getting more or less common?

More common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,613 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Guard

An occupational surname, carried by 1,613 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). Guard is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

The surname sense is an occupational surname for a watchman, from guard. The organization sense is likewise a type of proprialization from guard.

Guard 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 1,613 people named Guard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,560.

#17,472

rank among US surnames

1,613

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,838)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,463	Bazaldua	1,614	191,292
#17,472	Wisneski	1,613	191,411
#17,481	Searls	1,612	191,529

Who is named Guard

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

87% of people named Guard identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
Two or more races 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guard

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

Questions

Where does the surname Guard come from?: The surname sense is an occupational surname for a watchman, from guard. The organization sense is likewise a type of proprialization from guard.
How common is the surname Guard?: 1,613 people in the United States had the surname Guard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. It ranked 17,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guard?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Guard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Guard?: Guard is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Guard getting more or less common?: More common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,613 in 2010, up 3.4%.