How common is the surname Heyward?

4,867 people in the United States had the surname Heyward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,437 Americans. It ranked 6,904th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Heyward?

DuBose Heyward, American novelist, playwright, poet (1885-1940), followed by Susan Heyward.

Where is the surname Heyward most common?

Wikidata records people named Heyward in the United States.

Is the surname Heyward getting more or less common?

More common. 4,419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,867 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Heyward

A surname, carried by 4,867 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heyward is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,867 people named Heyward in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,437 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,419.

#6,904

rank among US surnames

4,867

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,994)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,899	Erazo	4,873	63,358
#6,900	Feaster	4,871	63,384
#6,903	Eades	4,870	63,397
#6,904	Heyward	4,867	63,437
#6,905	Jaworski	4,865	63,463

Who is named Heyward

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

82% of people named Heyward identified as Black (not Hispanic), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 82%
White (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Heywards

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heyward

Heyward has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

Questions

How common is the surname Heyward?: 4,867 people in the United States had the surname Heyward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,437 Americans. It ranked 6,904th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heyward?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Heyward identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Heyward?: DuBose Heyward, American novelist, playwright, poet (1885-1940), followed by Susan Heyward.
Where is the surname Heyward most common?: Wikidata records people named Heyward in the United States.
Is the surname Heyward getting more or less common?: More common. 4,419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,867 in 2010, up 10%.