Byrd Surname

4,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123,512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Byrd Surname Definition:

= Bird, q.v.

Byrd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121,2221:2,990299
England5791:96,23210,237
Canada4691:78,5628,814
Jamaica2611:10,9961,156
Australia1481:182,40318,373
Ireland1131:41,6723,227
Iran581:1,323,83755,038
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Liberia451:97,9677,863
Cayman Islands431:1,486194
Mexico401:3,103,15523,265
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Wales231:134,5459,804
Panama211:186,2985,509
United States Virgin Islands191:5,809896
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
India171:45,121,493474,784
Guam161:10,0081,526
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Ecuador141:1,136,13215,474
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Belize101:35,5472,218
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Scotland81:669,22723,443
France71:9,488,960336,266
Norway61:857,04855,549
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
China41:341,830,39216,990
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2391:101,98910,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,8171:6,424803

Byrd (1,215) may also be a first name.

Byrd Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Bird, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the sign of the bird; one with birdlike characteristics.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Byrd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Byrd Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Byrd (Arabic: بيرد) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Byrd.

How Common Is The Last Name Byrd? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,559th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 59,003 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Byrd reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Byrd is also the 227,149th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 1,215 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 121,222 people, or 1 in 2,990. In The United States Byrd is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 89 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Byrd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Byrd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Byrd last name grew 1,551 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 242 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 753 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Byrd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Byrd last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Byrd last name are 11.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.91% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Byrd earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 102.12% more than the national average, earning R 480,312 per year; in United States they earn 10.37% less than the national average, earning $38,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.38% more than the national average, earning $51,364 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bayrd89137/
Boyrd8918/
Byrds8914/
Byord8912/
Byred896/
Buyrd895/
Bhyrd893/
Byrdt892/
Byrdd892/
Byråd891/
Beyrd890/
Byr8688/
Byrd's801/
Byorrd800/
Bird75127,174/
Berd75778/
Bayr75723/
Byre75482/
Byrt75473/
Beyr7560/
Boyr757/
Byor755/
Byhr754/
Byrø754/
Bhyr754/
Bytr752/
Bysr751/
Wyrd751/
Bärd751/
Byrp751/
Byrr750/
Byrehed734/
Byrdová731/
Beard6789,475/
Baird6780,907/
Birds67991/
Bierd67732/
Biord67390/
Bayre67337/
Buhyr67267/
Byhre67155/
Beird67132/
Byrth6786/
Boyre6780/
Bhoyr6760/
Berds6744/
Birdt6740/
Byrcz6740/
Birdd6734/
Buird6730/
Beyre6721/
Byhrø6720/
Byrts6716/
Beyrr6711/
Bhayr6710/
Berdt6710/
Byrzh677/
Bayrz676/
Beerd676/
Bayır675/
Buyre675/
Beyrt674/
Behyr673/
Byrtt673/
Berrd672/
Birdz672/
Byrte672/
Byrre672/
Bajrd672/
Bhyre672/
Bhird671/
Birdh671/
Boird671/
Birrd671/
Behrd671/
Boysr671/
Byort671/
Bhyrh671/
Vyrdd671/
Veyrd671/
Besrd671/
Berdz671/
Byrrt671/
Beurd670/
Bayhr670/
Byrgy670/
Beysr670/
Byret670/
Wyord670/

Byrd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Byrd in the Arabic language
بيردbyrd-

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