Ballard Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 54
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 257
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 45
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 85
Devon 15
Dorset 58
Durham 49
Essex 285
Gloucestershire 76
Hampshire 532
Herefordshire 34
Hertfordshire 51
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 13
Isle of Man 1
Kent 613
Lancashire 308
Leicestershire 204
Lincolnshire 4
London 1,327
Middlesex 348
Northumberland 15
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 42
Nottinghamshire 91
Oxfordshire 38
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 13
Shropshire 12
Suffolk 52
Somerset 14
Surrey 312
Sussex 302
Staffordshire 103
Warwickshire 296
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 330
Yorkshire 140

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 4
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 9
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 90
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 26
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 3

Ballard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ballard family

Profession Census Frequency
School 565
Farm Labourer 69
General Labourer 57
Private Means 44
General Servant (domestic) 39
Labourer 39
None 26
Dressmaker 24
House Painter 23
Nil 20
Cook (domestic) 19
At Home 18
Carman 18
Clerk 18
Laundress 18
Housekeeper 18
Market Gardener 18
Assisting In Business 17
Shop Assistant 17
General Servant Domestic 16
Farmer 16
At School 15
Carpenter 15
Housemaid (domestic) 15
Assisting In The Business 15

Most Frequent Forenames for Ballard

Name Census Frequency
William Ballard 2,105
Mary Ballard 1,743
John Ballard 1,479
George Ballard 1,396
Elizabeth Ballard 1,346
Sarah Ballard 1,149
Thomas Ballard 1,044
James Ballard 997
Henry Ballard 779
Charles Ballard 753
Ann Ballard 644
Eliza Ballard 601
Edward Ballard 530
Alice Ballard 518
Ellen Ballard 516
Jane Ballard 502
Joseph Ballard 495
Frederick Ballard 478
Emily Ballard 461
Alfred Ballard 448
Emma Ballard 422
Albert Ballard 413
Annie Ballard 390
Arthur Ballard 341
Richard Ballard 307

Ballard Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ballard 100% 32,583
2 Bullard 86% 6,971
3 Bollard 86% 3,561
4 Bellard 86% 1,786
5 Billard 86% 754
6 Bellord 71% 357
7 Billiard 75% 214
8 Ballord 86% 122
9 Bullerd 71% 101

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The surname Ballard is the most popular version of all its varients

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