# Armstead (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/armstead/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,919 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,480 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,988 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (7,162 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced variant of Armistead.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Armstead in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Armstead in the United States.

## People named Armstead

- Ray Armstead, American athletics competitor (born 1960)
- Malcolm Armstead, American basketball player
- Izora Armstead, American singer (1942–2004)
- Arik Armstead, American football player (born 1993)
- Terron Armstead, American football player

## Similar surnames

Armistead, Armstrong, Armas, Arms, Armes, Armagost, Arrington, Arenas, Ahrens, Armijo, Arango, Aronson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.