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There are approximately 406 people named Yard in the UK. That makes it the 11,550th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 6 are named Yard.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

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The Yard surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ME AT YARD. Mete-rod, mete-wand, and mete-Tjard are medievalisms for measuring sticks, and from the last the surname must in some way have been derived.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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