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 34
Buckinghamshire 12
Berkshire 259
Cambridgeshire 24
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 12
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 66
Devon 5
Dorset 42
Durham 17
Essex 105
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 387
Herefordshire 42
Hertfordshire 45
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 404
Lancashire 178
Leicestershire 160
Lincolnshire 12
London 1,074
Middlesex 104
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 25
Northamptonshire 42
Nottinghamshire 65
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 45
Somerset 16
Surrey 125
Sussex 275
Staffordshire 50
Warwickshire 271
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 28
Worcestershire 185
Yorkshire 51

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 7
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 43
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 12
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 4

Ballard Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ballard family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 932
Agricultural Labourer 129
Domestic Servant 50
Labourer 46
General Servant 42
General Labourer 37
Laundress 36
Dress Maker 32
Farm Labourer 29
No Occupation 24
Carpenter 23
Annuitant 19
Gardener 19
Nil 16
Butcher 15
General Servant Domestic 15
House Keeper 15
Servant 15
Charwoman 14
Grocer 12
Machinist 12
Lace Maker 12
Silk Weaver 11
Gardener Domestic 10
Frame Work Knitter 10

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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