# Harewood (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/harewood/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,395 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,379 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 221,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (1,008 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛːwʊd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English hāra, definite form of hār (“grey”) + wudu (“wood, forest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harewood 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) | 17% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Harewood in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Harewood

- David Harewood, British actor
- Dorian Harewood, American actor (born 1950)

## Similar surnames

Harwood, Heard, Harrod, Harte, Herod, Howard, Hart, Hardy, Huerta, Hurt, Hurd, Heredia.

## 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.