Last Name BALLARD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: Bold-headed. The hair or absense of it, gave us a large number of early nicknames, the majority still exist as surnames. Ballard seems to have been very popular for a bald-headed man.
From Ball, a place, a round elevation; and ard, high. The Gaelic word Ballart signifies noisy, boasting. Bal also signifies a lord, and ard, high.
Origin English, Celtic, Gaelic, Native American, Irish, Gaelic, Falkland, Belgian

Rank 503 (2000 US census) 431 (1990 US census)
Count 59,660 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.29%, or 46111 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.46%, or 11013 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.29%, or 173 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.87%, or 519 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.58%, or 943 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.51%, or 901 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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