Edwards

At the 2020 census, 320,927 Americans bore the surname Edwards — 59th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 931.

By the numbers

People: 320,927
Rank: 59th
How common: 1 in 931
Per 100,000: 107.4

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 59.5%
Black, not Hispanic 30.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Edwards

Robert Edwards (1925–2013)English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation
Blake Edwards (1922–2010)American film director, screenwriter and producer
John Edwards (born 1953)American politician
Duncan Edwards (1936–1958)English footballer
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian
Jonathan Edwards (born 1966)British triple jumper
Dean Edwards (born 1970)American comedian and actor
Anthony Edwards (born 1962)American actor

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

Surnames like Edwards

Edward

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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.