The Heard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,408 people carried this name — #1,534 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 22,211 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Heard surname
Occupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Heard» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 146 people named Heard.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 print
Heard in American newspapers,
1868–1881.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,788,346 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heard.
- Hays 34,191 · U.S. census
- Haza 131 · U.S. census
- Hazan 819 · U.S. census
- Hazard 4,054 · U.S. census
- Haze 453 · U.S. census
- He 15,363 · U.S. census
- Hebel 1,502 · U.S. census
- Heberle 517 · U.S. census
- Hebert 41,275 · U.S. census
- Hebrard 138 · U.S. census
- Hechinger 171 · U.S. census
- Hechler 352 · U.S. census
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