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The surname Maggard

A surname, carried by 6,625 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M263

Maggard: #5,266 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maggard #5,266, 6,625 people Maggard: #5,266 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maggard #5,266, 6,625 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maggard is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,625 people named Maggard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,603 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,359.

#5,266
rank among US surnames
6,625
people in 2010
2.3
per 100,000 Americans
+4.2%
change since 2000 (was #5,060)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,257Pitre6,63746,519
#5,258Nazario6,63646,526
#5,259Huebner6,63546,533
#5,261Brasher6,63446,540
#5,262Wessel6,63046,568
#5,264Bowe6,62846,582
#5,265Deese6,62646,596

Who is named Maggard

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

94% of people named Maggard identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maggard

Maggard has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

Questions

How common is the surname Maggard?
6,625 people in the United States had the surname Maggard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,603 Americans. It ranked 5,266th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maggard?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Maggard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Maggard getting more or less common?
More common. 6,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,625 in 2010, up 4.2%.