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    The surname Appleyard

    A place surname, carried by 555 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A146

    Appleyard: #39,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Appleyard #39,607, 555 people Appleyard: #39,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Appleyard #39,607, 555 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Appleyard is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    From apple + yard, a topographic surname for someone who lived by an apple orchard.

    Appleyard is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 555 people named Appleyard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 556,298 Americans. That is down 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 588.

    #39,607
    rank among US surnames
    555
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #36,045)

    Who is named Appleyard

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Appleyard identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Appleyard come from?
    From apple + yard, a topographic surname for someone who lived by an apple orchard.
    How common is the surname Appleyard?
    555 people in the United States had the surname Appleyard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 556,298 Americans. It ranked 39,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Appleyard?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Appleyard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Appleyard?
    Appleyard is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Appleyard getting more or less common?
    Less common. 588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 555 in 2010, down 5.6%.