# Loyd (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/loyd/  
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) | 13,547 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,662 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,791 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (13,422 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loyd 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loyd in the United States.

## People named Loyd

- Sam Loyd, American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841
- Jewell Loyd, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Zach Loyd, American soccer player
- Casey Loyd, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Lloyd, Lyda, Loud, Lodhi, Lott, Ladd, Lett, Latta, Leite, Leath, Leedy, Leddy.

## 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.