Guard Surname
Approximately 3,971 people bear this surname
Guard Surname Definition:
Warden: a keeper. Warden, Warde, Garde, and Garden for Warden.
Guard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,881 | 1:192,695 | 19,066 |
| England | 695 | 1:80,170 | 8,920 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Australia | 176 | 1:153,385 | 16,171 |
| Canada | 169 | 1:218,021 | 21,041 |
| New Zealand | 136 | 1:33,296 | 5,772 |
| India | 106 | 1:7,236,466 | 158,262 |
| Wales | 90 | 1:34,384 | 3,434 |
| France | 82 | 1:810,033 | 97,301 |
| Iran | 61 | 1:1,258,730 | 53,327 |
| Israel | 43 | 1:199,015 | 19,367 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 1:4,701,155 | 31,402 |
| Saint Lucia | 30 | 1:5,959 | 771 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 350 | 1:69,644 | 7,830 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:34,096 | 1,856 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 573 | 1:87,642 | 9,087 |
Guard (1,375) may also be a first name.
Guard Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Warden: a keeper. Warden, Warde, Garde, and Garden for Warden.
Guard Demographics
Guard Political Affiliation
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Guard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guard (Arabic: حرس) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guard? popularity and diffusion
The surname Guard is the 116,152nd most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,835,192 people. The last name Guard occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Guard live; 47 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 211,204th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 1,375 people.
The last name Guard is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,881 people, or 1 in 192,695. In The United States Guard is primarily concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and Indiana, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Guard exists in 65 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent are found and Egypt, where 6 percent are found.
Guard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Guard has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 328 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 196 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 123 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Guard Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Guard last name is chiefly Methodist (77%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Guard surname are 12.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.78% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Guard earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 92.56% more than the national average, earning R 457,584 per year; in United States they earn 10.55% more than the national average, earning $47,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.63% more than the national average, earning $50,492 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guard Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guard in the Arabic language | ||
| حرس | hrs | - |
| حارس | hars | - |
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Guard Reference & Research
Guard DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Guard FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Guard
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