The Edward surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,473 people carried this name — #7,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is down 14% from 5,207 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Edward.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often French Guiana.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Edward live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
89 people named Edward is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Edward in American newspapers,
1899–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,212,419 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Edward,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Edward 1814–1886 · naturalist -
Hugo Edward 1845–1914 · actor -
Robert Edward d. 1805 · poet
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William Edward d. 1918 · soldier
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Ruth Edward d. 1998
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Leslie Bent Edward d. 1945
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Edward.
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