# Byron (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,610 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,275 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,709 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (6,709 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbaɪɹən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Byron 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Byron in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Byron

- Tom Byron, American pornographic actor
- Marion Byron, American actress (1911-1985)
- Kathleen Byron, British actress (1921–2009)
- Arthur Byron, American actor (1872–1943)
- Beverly Byron, American politician (1932–2025)
- Don Byron, American musician
- William Byron, American racecar driver
- Walter Byron, British actor (1899-1972)
- Jeffrey Byron, American actor and writer
- Jean Byron, American actress (1925–2006)
- Goodloe Byron, American politician from Maryland, US (1929–1978)
- Antoinette Byron, actor

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Brown, Barron, Byrne, Browne, Baron, Barone, Biron, Breon, Baroni, Brion, Boron, Byrom.

## 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.