Byrd

Byrd is the 346th most common surname in the United States, shared by 88,388 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 3,382.

By the numbers

People: 88,388
Rank: 346th
How common: 1 in 3,382
Per 100,000: 29.6

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Byrd described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 56.6%
Black, not Hispanic 33.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Byrd

Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957)American naval officer, explorer
Robert Byrd (1917–2010)American politician
William Byrd (1543–1623)English composer (ca. 1540-1623)
Donald Byrd (1932–2013)American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
Dan Byrd (born 1985)actor
Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914–2013)politician from the United States
Charlie Byrd (1925–1999)American jazz guitarist
Chris Byrd (born 1970)American boxer

People named Byrd with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Byrd

Also a first name

Byrd has been given to 962 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1919. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.