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    The surname Byars

    A surname, carried by 6,683 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Byars: #5,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Byars #5,223, 6,683 people Byars: #5,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Byars #5,223, 6,683 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Byars is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,683 people named Byars in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,199 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,573.

    #5,223
    rank among US surnames
    6,683
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,912)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,215Stott6,69346,130
    #5,216Nowlin6,69246,137
    #5,218Brush6,69046,150
    #5,219Vanover6,68946,157
    #5,220Mashburn6,68846,164
    #5,221Mackie6,68646,178
    #5,222Vanpelt6,68546,185

    Who is named Byars

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

    77% of people named Byars identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Byarss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Derrick Byars
      American basketball player, born 1984
    • Betsy Byars
      American children's writer (1928–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Byars

    Byars has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Byars?
    6,683 people in the United States had the surname Byars in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,199 Americans. It ranked 5,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Byars?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Byars identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Byars?
    Derrick Byars, American basketball player, followed by Betsy Byars.
    Where is the surname Byars most common?
    Wikidata records people named Byars in the United States.
    Is the surname Byars getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,683 in 2010, up 1.7%.