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    The surname Norgaard

    A Danish surname, carried by 1,162 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N626

    Norgaard: #22,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Norgaard #22,201, 1,162 people Norgaard: #22,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Norgaard #22,201, 1,162 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Norgaard is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    Danish origin

    Borrowed from Danish Nørgaard.

    One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,162 people named Norgaard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,101.

    #22,201
    rank among US surnames
    1,162
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,958)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,194Ramanathan1,163265,473
    #22,201Janak1,162265,702

    Who is named Norgaard

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

    95% of people named Norgaard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Norgard

    Norgaard has the Soundex code N626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N626.

    Other Danish surnames

    All 50 Danish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Norgaard come from?
    Borrowed from Danish Nørgaard.
    How common is the surname Norgaard?
    1,162 people in the United States had the surname Norgaard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. It ranked 22,201st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Norgaard?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Norgaard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Norgaard getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, up 5.5%.
    What are other spellings of Norgaard?
    Norgard.