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Ward

in New Mexico

There are 1,075 people with the last name "Ward" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

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Ward 123
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  1. is 119th most common Stewart
  2. is 120th most common Jimenez
  3. is 121st most common Parker
  4. is 122nd most common Carter
  5. is 123rd most common Ward
  6. is 124th most common Acosta
  7. is 125th most common Benavidez
  8. is 126th most common Turner
  9. is 127th most common Delgado

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ward

William, Michael, Robert, James, Charles, John, Mary, Thomas, Bill, David

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.

Recent Searches for "Ward" in New Mexico

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William Ward, NM (9 searches)
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