Last Name GARD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The guard, cognate with Ward.
Origin English, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, Romanian, Haitian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 6,430 (2000 US census) 8,058 (1990 US census)
Count 4,872 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.61%, or 4366 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.11%, or 103 total occurrences, as black,
  • 2.89%, or 141 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.53%, or 26 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.19%, or 58 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.65%, or 178 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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