How common is the surname Southard?

8,808 people in the United States had the surname Southard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,053 Americans. It ranked 4,035th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Southard?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Southard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Southard?

Samuel Lewis Southard, American senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New Jersey (1787–1842).

Where is the surname Southard most common?

Wikidata records people named Southard in the United States.

Is the surname Southard getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,808 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Southard

A surname, carried by 8,808 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Southard is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,808 people named Southard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,053 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,888.

#4,035

rank among US surnames

8,808

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,672)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,029	Fortin	8,814	35,029
#4,031	Dodds	8,813	35,033
#4,032	Clouse	8,809	35,049
#4,035	Southard	8,808	35,053

Who is named Southard

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

93% of people named Southard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Southards

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Lewis Southard
American senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New Jersey (1787–1842)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Southard

Southard has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

Questions

How common is the surname Southard?: 8,808 people in the United States had the surname Southard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,053 Americans. It ranked 4,035th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Southard?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Southard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Southard?: Samuel Lewis Southard, American senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New Jersey (1787–1842).
Where is the surname Southard most common?: Wikidata records people named Southard in the United States.
Is the surname Southard getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,808 in 2010, down 0.9%.