Last Name WARDER

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Meaning	The warder, the guard. A warder was generally a doorkeeper.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	32,202 (2000 US census)	28,137 (1990 US census)

Count	675 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.93%, or 607 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.48%, or 37 total occurrences, as black,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.04%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.48%, or 10 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.07%, or 14 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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