Edward

At the 2020 census, 4,486 Americans bore the surname Edward — 7,184th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 66,600.

By the numbers

People: 4,486
Rank: 7,184th
How common: 1 in 66,600
Per 100,000: 1.5

Where the name comes from

From Middle English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, corresponding to ed (“wealth, riches”) + ward (“ward, guard”).

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

Who bears the name

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

Black, not Hispanic 43.9%
White, not Hispanic 35.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 11.7%
Hispanic or Latino 5.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%

Notable people called Edward

Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1964)British prince (born 1964); youngest child of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935)paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; grandson of King George V and Queen Mary and first cousin once removed to King Charles III
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1954)last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 to 1918, British prince and royal duke, Nazi politician
Edward, Count of Savoy (1284–1329)Count of Savoy
Alonso Edward (born 1989)Panamanian sprinter
Harry Edward (1898–1973)athletics competitor

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

Surnames like Edward

Edwards

Also a first name

Edward has been given to 1,308,955 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1924. 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.