Explore the Family Name Biard

The meaning of Biard

French: variant of Bigard, a topographic name denoting a house with the fenced garden, from bigardium, a Latinized word of ancient Germanic orgin (composed of the prefix bi ‘near’ + the noun gard ‘garden’). Compare Billard 3.

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How common is the last name Biard in the United States?

The surname Biard, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, has seen a shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 71,610 but dropped to 80,131 in 2010, a decrease of approximately 11.9%. The count of individuals bearing this surname also declined from 254 in 2000 to 237 in 2010, a reduction of about 6.69%. This shift meant that the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also decreased from 0.09 to 0.08 within the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#71,610	#80,131	-11.9%
Count	254	237	-6.69%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Biard

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates a significant change for the Biard surname between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White increased from 85.83% to 91.14%, a growth of 6.19%. In contrast, those identifying as Hispanic fell by an estimated 38.66%, from 5.51% to 3.38%. The proportion of American Indian and Alaskan Natives also saw a decline of around 40.4%, dropping from 3.54% to 2.11%. There were no reported changes in the percentages of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or those of two or more races, while the percentage identified as Black was reported as 2.36% in 2000 but suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	85.83%	91.14%	6.19%
Hispanic	5.51%	3.38%	-38.66%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	3.54%	2.11%	-40.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	2.36%	0%	0%