Last Name BEARD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The bearded. An early surname.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 660 (2000 US census) 607 (1990 US census)
Count 47,128 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.09%, or 36331 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.93%, or 8921 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 156 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.65%, or 306 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.55%, or 730 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.45%, or 683 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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