# Hird (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a herdsman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,371 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,654 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 225,197 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (1,413 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hird 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Hird

- Thora Hird, British actress (1911–2003)
- Frederick Hird, American sport shooter (1879-1952)

## Similar surnames

Hurd, Herd, Hord, Hard, Hirt, Hirata, Hirth, Howard, Hart, Hardy, Huerta, Heard.

## 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.