# Everard (surname)

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

An English surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 665 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,149 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 464,279 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (654 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Euerarde, Everett |

## Etymology

From Old English Eofurheard, Eoferard, from Proto-West Germanic *Eburahardu, from *ebur (“wild boar”) + *hardu (“hard, brave”). Reinforced by cognate names from Anglo-Norman and Middle Dutch. Doublet of Everett.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Everard 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Everard in Rhodesia.

## People named Everard

- Henry Everard, Acting President of Rhodesia (1897-1980)

## Similar surnames

Everhart, Eberhardt, Eberhard, Eberhart.

## 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.