How common is the last name Ward?

255,767 people in the United States have the last name Ward, about 1 in 1,169. It ranks #79 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WARD

#79

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
255,767
About
1 in 1,169
This common or more
15.1%
Who bears it

Of the 255,767 people with the last name Ward, 72.5% reported their origin as White, 18.1% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ward

#77 Peterson · 265,150#78 Doe · 262,774#80 Kelly · 255,516#81 Howard · 253,434

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ward, most common first.

#25,376 Warda · 1,021#43,946 Warde · 528#99,304 Wart · 195

Also a first name

As a first name, Ward ranks #3,091 of 53,615, with 7,136 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1961, with 341 births. See Ward as a first name

Compare