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    The surname Nygard

    A surname, carried by 1,318 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N263

    Nygard: #20,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nygard #20,216, 1,318 people Nygard: #20,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nygard #20,216, 1,318 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nygard is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    From North Germanic (Scandinavian), Danish Nygård and Norwegian Nygård.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,318 people named Nygard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,276.

    #20,216
    rank among US surnames
    1,318
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,563)

    Who is named Nygard

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

    93% of people named Nygard identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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

    Surnames that sound like Nygard

    Nygard has the Soundex code N263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N263.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nygard come from?
    From North Germanic (Scandinavian), Danish Nygård and Norwegian Nygård.
    How common is the surname Nygard?
    1,318 people in the United States had the surname Nygard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. It ranked 20,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nygard?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Nygard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Nygard getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,276 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,318 in 2010, up 3.3%.