# Hyde (surname)

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

An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living on a hide of land.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,094 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,213 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,612 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (28,604 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /haɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”). * Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hyde 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hyde in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hyde

- Jonathan Hyde, Australian actor
- Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician (born 1959)
- Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (1903–1991)
- Henry Hyde, American member of the United States House of Representatives (1924–2007)
- Ida Henrietta Hyde, American physiologist (1857–1945)
- Sam Hyde, American comedian (born 1985)
- Arthur M. Hyde, American politician (1877-1947)
- Orson Hyde, American Mormon leader (1805-1878)
- Miriam Hyde, Australian composer, musician and writer (1913–2005)
- Deborah Hyde, British anthropologist and editor
- James Hazen Hyde, American businessman (1876-1959)
- Carlos Hyde, American football player

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hood, Heath, Hewitt, Head, Hoyt, Hyatt, Haywood, Hathaway, Hite, Hiatt, Hutto, Hitt.

## 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.