# Heyward (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/heyward/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,867 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,904 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,437 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (4,419 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Heyward 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) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Heyward in the United States.

## People named Heyward

- DuBose Heyward, American novelist, playwright, poet (1885-1940)
- Susan Heyward, American actress (born 1982)
- Jason Heyward, American baseball player (born 1989)
- Cameron Heyward, American football player (born 1989)
- Dorothy Heyward, American playwright, lyricist (1890–1961)

## Similar surnames

Howard, Hayward, Heard, Heart, Hart, Hardy, Huerta, Hurt, Hurd, Heredia, Harwood, Hardee.

## 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.