The surname Nygaard
A Danish surname, carried by 2,752 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈnaɪɡɑɹd/ 2 syllables Soundex N263
Origin
Danish origin
From North Germanic (Scandinavian), Danish Nygaard and Norwegian Nygaard.
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 2,752 people named Nygaard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,190 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,629.
Who is named Nygaard
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Nygaard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
- Two or more races 1.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Nygaard
Nygaard has the Soundex code N263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N263.
Other Danish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Nygaard come from?
- From North Germanic (Scandinavian), Danish Nygaard and Norwegian Nygaard.
- How common is the surname Nygaard?
- 2,752 people in the United States had the surname Nygaard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,190 Americans. It ranked 11,443rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nygaard?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nygaard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Nygaard?
- Nygaard is /ˈnaɪɡɑɹd/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Nygaard getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,752 in 2010, up 4.7%.