Heywood

3,157 people in the United States were counted with the surname Heywood in the 2020 census, making it the 9,793rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 94,700.

By the numbers

People: 3,157
Rank: 9,793rd
How common: 1 in 94,700
Per 100,000: 1.1

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 77.5%
Black, not Hispanic 14.0%
Hispanic or Latino 4.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.1%

Notable people called Heywood

John Heywood (1497–1580)English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
Thomas Heywood (1574–1641)16th/17th-century English playwright, actor, and author
Anne Heywood (1931–2023)British film actress
Peter Heywood (1772–1831)British naval officer
Ezra Heywood (1829–1893)American activist
Eddie Heywood (1915–1989)American jazz pianist, songwriter

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

Surnames like Heywood

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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.