Byron

Byron is the 5,434th most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,199 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 48,200.

By the numbers

People: 6,199
Rank: 5,434th
How common: 1 in 48,200
Per 100,000: 2.1

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 75.7%
Black, not Hispanic 15.6%
Hispanic or Latino 4.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Byron

Lord Byron (1788–1824)English Romantic poet and lyricist
Kari Byron (born 1974)television host, artist, ''MythBusters'' build team member
Anne Isabella Byron (1792–1860)English educational reformer and philanthropist
David Byron (1947–1985)British singer
John Byron (1723–1786)British Royal Navy officer and politician;
Tom Byron (born 1961)American pornographic actor
Kathleen Byron (1921–2009)British actress
Walter Byron (1894–1971)Canadian ice hockey player

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

Surnames like Byron

Also a first name

Byron has been given to 82,541 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1964. 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.