The Byrd surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 92,904 people carried this name — #331 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,170 people counted. That is up 5% from 88,811 in 2000.

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Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Byrd was found among the farmers of Worcestershire: 18 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Worcestershire 18

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Byrd in American newspapers,
1928.

Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Byrd
Brownsville Herald 1928-11-21
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Byrd
Brownsville Herald 1928-11-21
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Byrd
Brownsville Herald 1928-12-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 233,444 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Byrd in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

1,834 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byrd. The most, 483, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 667
New South Wales 453
Queensland 275
Victoria 259
South Australia 59
Tasmania 58
ACT (Canberra) 38
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byrd.

Who carried it

People named Byrd,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Byrd
    William Byrd 1543–1623 · composer
  • William Byrd II
    William Byrd II 1674–1744 · writer
  • Evelyn Byrd
    Evelyn Byrd 1707–1737
  • William Byrd III
    William Byrd III 1728–1777 · politician
  • Mary Willing Byrd
    Mary Willing Byrd 1740–1814 · land owner
  • William Byrd d. 1624 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Byrd,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States4,756 records

4,756 records of the Byrd name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 3,052
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1,183
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 296
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 103
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 57
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 28
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bobby John Byrd

    Born 1948; from San Bruno, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Will E. Byrd

    Born 1922 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; sawmill worker from Hamilton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alice Byrd

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the Republic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 4,756 records for Byrd in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Byrd name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Hy Byrd

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Sorata, aged 32; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles Edward Byrd

    Machinist of Moonee Ponds, Victoria; died 1980.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Robert Byrd

    Left Launceston in 1846 aboard the Shamrock, bound for Port Phillip.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Byrd in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Byrd name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ocie Blanche Byrd

    Buried in 1918 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederick Byrd

    Died 1952 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Harold Chauncey Byrd

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Byrd in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Byrd name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Byrd

    From Tönning. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 30 May 1919 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 53).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Byrd

    From Tönning. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 8 October 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Byrd in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Byrd name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Amy Byrd

    Died 1977, aged 86; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Arnold Byrd

    Died 1978, aged 78; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Byrd name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Florence Maria Byrd

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Byrd.

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