How common is the surname Byron?

6,610 people in the United States had the surname Byron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,709 Americans. It ranked 5,275th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Byron?

Tom Byron, American pornographic actor, followed by Marion Byron.

Where is the surname Byron most common?

Wikidata records people named Byron in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Byron?

Byron is /ˈbaɪɹən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Byron getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,610 in 2010, down 1.5%.

Is Byron also a first name?

Yes. Byron is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Byron

An English place surname, carried by 6,610 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbaɪɹən/ 2 syllables Soundex B650 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Byron is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,610 people named Byron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,709 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,709.

#5,275

rank among US surnames

6,610

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,810)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,266	Maggard	6,625	46,603
#5,267	Felts	6,621	46,631
#5,268	Rife	6,620	46,638
#5,269	Cowell	6,618	46,652
#5,270	Novotny	6,617	46,659
#5,271	Viola	6,616	46,666
#5,273	Vollmer	6,614	46,681

Who is named Byron

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

78% of people named Byron identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Byrons

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Byron
American pornographic actor, born 1961
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, born 1958
William Byron
American racecar driver, born 1997
Walter Byron
British actor (1899-1972)
Jeffrey Byron
American actor and writer, born 1955
Jean Byron
American actress (1925–2006)
Goodloe Byron
American politician from Maryland, US (1929–1978)
Antoinette Byron
Actor, born 1962

Notable Byrons come mostly from the United States (12), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Byron

Byron has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Byron come from?: A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).
How common is the surname Byron?: 6,610 people in the United States had the surname Byron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,709 Americans. It ranked 5,275th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Byron?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Byron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Byron?: Tom Byron, American pornographic actor, followed by Marion Byron.
Where is the surname Byron most common?: Wikidata records people named Byron in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Byron?: Byron is /ˈbaɪɹən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Byron?: Byron is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Byron getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,610 in 2010, down 1.5%.
Is Byron also a first name?: Yes. Byron is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.