# Byars (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/byars/  
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) | 6,683 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,223 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,199 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (6,573 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Byars 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Byars in the United States.

## People named Byars

- Derrick Byars, American basketball player
- Betsy Byars, American children's writer (1928–2020)

## Similar surnames

Byers, Beyers, Boyers, Barros, Barras, Barks, Baires, Barrus, Barris, Barrs, Baros, Bares.

## 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.