How common is the surname Haywood?

18,360 people in the United States had the surname Haywood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,816 Americans. It ranked 1,970th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Haywood?

Eliza Haywood, British actor and writer (1693-1756), editor, followed by Spencer Haywood.

Where is the surname Haywood most common?

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

How do you pronounce Haywood?

Haywood is /ˈheɪwʊd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Haywood getting more or less common?

More common. 17,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,360 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Haywood

An English place surname, carried by 18,360 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈheɪwʊd/ 2 syllables Soundex H300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haywood is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).

Haywood 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 18,360 people named Haywood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,816 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,485.

#1,970

rank among US surnames

18,360

people in 2010

6.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #1,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,961	Luke	18,425	16,757
#1,962	McHugh	18,422	16,760
#1,963	Negron	18,413	16,768
#1,964	Cope	18,410	16,771
#1,965	Triplett	18,408	16,772
#1,966	Hathaway	18,401	16,779
#1,967	Salcedo	18,387	16,792

Who is named Haywood

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

49% of people named Haywood identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 49%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Haywoods

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eliza Haywood
British actor and writer (1693-1756), editor
Spencer Haywood
American basketball player, born 1949
Brendan Haywood
American basketball player (born 1979)
Hurley Haywood
American racecar driver, born 1948
Dave Haywood
American musician, born 1982
Nigel Haywood
British diplomat (born 1955)
Chris Haywood
Australian actor, born 1948
Pippa Haywood
British actress, born 1961
Harry Haywood
American politician (1898-1985)
William Henry Haywood Jr.
American politician (1801–1852)
Ross Haywood
Australian long-distance runner, born 1947

Notable Haywoods come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (3) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Heawood
Heywood

Surnames that sound like Haywood

Heywood

Haywood has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haywood come from?: From Old English ġehæg (“fence, enclosure”) + wudu (“wood”).
How common is the surname Haywood?: 18,360 people in the United States had the surname Haywood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,816 Americans. It ranked 1,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haywood?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Haywood identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Haywood?: Eliza Haywood, British actor and writer (1693-1756), editor, followed by Spencer Haywood.
Where is the surname Haywood most common?: Wikidata records people named Haywood in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Haywood?: Haywood is /ˈheɪwʊd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Haywood?: Haywood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Haywood getting more or less common?: More common. 17,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,360 in 2010, up 5.0%.
What are other spellings of Haywood?: Heawood and Heywood.