Family name בלארד (Ballard 
, בלארד 
) , all over the world, is a common last name. The cognomen בלארד is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Much less frequently, בלארד is the forename as well as the last name.