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

Isard, 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 Isard surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Isard in America

Isard is the 160975th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Isard surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Isard.

The history of the last name Isard

The surname Isard is believed to have originated in England during the late medieval period. It is thought to be a variant of the name Izard, which derived from the Old French word "izard" meaning a type of mountain goat found in the Pyrenees mountains.

Some historians suggest the name may have first arrived in England with Norman settlers following the conquest in 1066. However, the earliest recorded examples of the Isard spelling date back to the 13th century in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire records.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was John Isard, a merchant and landowner who lived in Westmorland, England in the late 1200s. Variations of his name appear in tax rolls and land deeds from that era spelled as Ysard, Isarde, and Issard.

By the 1400s, the Isard name had spread across northern England with pockets of families found in places like Cumbria, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. One notable bearer was William Isard of Bolton who served as a sheriff in 1492.

As the centuries passed, some Isard families relocated to other areas. Robert Isard was born in Kendal in 1603 but later moved to London where he worked as a merchant and died in 1679. Around 1700, Thomas Isard emigrated from Cumberland to the American colonies and settled in Virginia.

Other historically significant people with the Isard surname include the artist Walter Isard (1759-1835) who was a member of the Royal Academy, and Chester Isard (1798-1867), a British naval officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars and rose to the rank of Admiral.

Throughout its long history, the Isard name has maintained connections to its believed geographic origins in the rugged upland areas of northern England and the ancestral French meaning related to the nimble mountain goat.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Isard

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

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 Isard 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.

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 Isard was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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