Explore the Family Name Bustard

The meaning of Bustard

English: nickname from Middle English bustarde ‘bustard’ (a large, heavily built bird, the males of which engage in spectacular courtship displays), from Old French bistarde, bustarde. There has been some confusion with Busteed.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname "Bustard" saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Bustard ranked 49,471 in popularity and by 2010, it had slipped to 59,171, marking a decline of about 19.61%. The count of individuals with this surname also dropped from 399 in 2000 to 342 in 2010, a decrease of around 14.29%. The proportion of people with the Bustard name per 100,000 decreased by 20% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,471	#59,171	-19.61%
Count	399	342	-14.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.12	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bustard

In terms of ethnicity, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were some changes noted between 2000 and 2010. People of White ethnicity constituted the majority of those with the Bustard surname in both years, but the proportion decreased slightly from 95.99% in 2000 to 94.44% in 2010. The proportion of Asian/Pacific Islanders with this surname fell to zero in 2010 from 1.25% in 2000. Meanwhile, the proportion of people of Hispanic ethnic identity increased by 36.67%, going from 1.5% in 2000 to 2.05% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals with the Bustard surname who identified themselves as belonging to two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.99%	94.44%	-1.61%
Hispanic	1.5%	2.05%	36.67%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.25%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%