How common is the surname Packard?

9,494 people in the United States had the surname Packard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,520 Americans. It ranked 3,733rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Packard?

David Packard, American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996), followed by Kelly Packard.

Where is the surname Packard most common?

Wikidata records people named Packard in the United States.

How do you pronounce Packard?

Packard is /ˈpækɚd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Packard getting more or less common?

More common. 9,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,494 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Packard

A surname, carried by 9,494 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpækɚd/ 2 syllables Soundex P263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Packard is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Genealogy websites offer three or four hypotheses about the surname; none is confirmed. (Ideas include possible cognation with packer or with Pickard; evidence for or against is not presented.) The automotive brand is from the surname, via the brothers James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard. The ghost town in Kentucky, is named after a certain Amelia Packard.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,494 people named Packard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,520 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,409.

#3,733

rank among US surnames

9,494

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,724	Staggs	9,514	32,452
#3,725	Curtin	9,513	32,455
#3,726	Saxton	9,509	32,469
#3,727	Hackney	9,507	32,476
#3,729	Findley	9,505	32,482
#3,730	Holtz	9,502	32,493
#3,731	Glynn	9,501	32,496

Who is named Packard

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

92% of people named Packard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Packards

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Packard
American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)
Kelly Packard
American actress, television personality, born 1975
Vance Packard
American journalist (1914–1996)
Alpheus Spring Packard
American entomologist, palaeontologist (1839-1905)
Keith Packard
American software programmer, born 1963
James Ward Packard
American businessman (1863–1928)
Ron Packard
American politician, born 1931
Elizabeth Packard
American activist (1816-1897)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Packard

Pickard

Packard has the Soundex code P263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P263.

Questions

Where does the surname Packard come from?: Genealogy websites offer three or four hypotheses about the surname; none is confirmed. (Ideas include possible cognation with packer or with Pickard; evidence for or against is not presented.) The automotive brand is from the surname, via the brothers James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard.…
How common is the surname Packard?: 9,494 people in the United States had the surname Packard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,520 Americans. It ranked 3,733rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Packard?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Packard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Packard?: David Packard, American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996), followed by Kelly Packard.
Where is the surname Packard most common?: Wikidata records people named Packard in the United States.
How do you pronounce Packard?: Packard is /ˈpækɚd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Packard getting more or less common?: More common. 9,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,494 in 2010, up 0.9%.