How Many People Have the Last Name Ward?
people had the surname Ward in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,133 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+6,343 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Ward (75.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 18.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Ward ranks #53. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 77.8% to 75.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Ward grew from 254,121 people in 2000 to 260,464 in 2010 (up 2.5%), and its rank fell from #71 to #79. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 94.2 to 88.3 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 254,121 | 260,464 |
| Rank | #71 | #79 |
| Per 100,000 people | 94.2 | 88.3 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Ward
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Ward: W630
👤 Ward as a First Name
Ward is a first name too: about 6,206 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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