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WARD

in Minnesota

There are 2,243 people with the last name "WARD" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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WARD 107
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  1. is 103rd most common Hughes
  2. is 104th most common Rogers
  3. is 105th most common Martinez
  4. is 106th most common Xiong
  5. is 107th most common Ward
  6. is 108th most common Bailey
  7. is 109th most common Mcdonald
  8. is 110th most common Carter
  9. is 111th most common Johnston

Similar Names and Nicknames

Warden, Wardell, Wardlaw, Word, Wardlow, Wardle, Wargo, Wardwell, Warda, Wardrop

Most Common First Names for WARD

John, David, Robert, Richard, William, James, Michael, Daniel, Mary, Thomas

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).

Irish: reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.

Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.

Americanized form of French Guerin.

FOREBEARS The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.

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