How common is the last name Ballard?

57,424 people in the United States have the last name Ballard, about 1 in 5,205. It ranks #574 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BALLARD

#574

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
57,424
About
1 in 5,205
This common or more
33.5%
Who bears it

Of the 57,424 people with the last name Ballard, 72.3% reported their origin as White, 18.7% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ballard

#572 Lamb · 57,573#573 Hess · 57,557#575 Patrick · 57,411#576 Lozano · 57,179

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ballard, most common first.

#59,374 Ballardo · 368

Also a first name

As a first name, Ballard ranks #21,583 of 53,615, with 469 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1922, with 40 births. See Ballard as a first name

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