Find out how popular the last name Ardis is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ardis.

Ardis, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ardis surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ardis in America

Ardis is the 17734th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ardis surname appeared 1,580 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Ardis.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ardis to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ardis

The surname Ardis is believed to have originated in Scotland during the medieval period, derived from the Gaelic words "ard" meaning "high" and "is" meaning "below" or "underneath." This suggests the name may have been given to someone who lived in a high location or near a raised area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Ardis can be found in the Regiam Majestatem, a legal treatise compiled in Scotland around 1320, which mentions a certain Robert de Ardis. This indicates the name was already established in the region by the 14th century.

In the 16th century, a notable figure with the surname Ardis was John Ardis, a Scottish theologian and philosopher who was born in Edinburgh around 1530. He was a prominent scholar and author of several works on logic and metaphysics.

The Ardis surname also appears in various historical documents from the 17th and 18th centuries, including parish records and land deeds. One such record is from the town of Kilmarnock, where a family by the name of Ardis is mentioned as landowners in the late 1600s.

Another notable figure was Sir William Ardis, a Scottish merchant and politician who lived in the 18th century. He was born in Glasgow in 1720 and served as a member of the British Parliament, representing the borough of Ayr from 1768 to 1784.

In the 19th century, a prominent individual with the Ardis surname was James Ardis, a Scottish engineer and inventor who was born in Aberdeen in 1812. He is credited with several innovations in the field of textile machinery and held numerous patents for his inventions.

The name Ardis has also been found in various place names throughout Scotland, such as the village of Ardishaig in Argyll and Bute, which likely derives from the Gaelic words "ard" and "seasg" meaning "high" and "a place of sedges or rushes."

While the surname Ardis is not as common as some others, it has a rich history and can be traced back to its Scottish roots, with several notable individuals bearing the name throughout the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ardis

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ardis.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ardis was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ardis has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ardis was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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