Popularity of the last name by country
Belgium
- West-Vlaanderen (224)
- Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussel-Hoofdstad (178)
- Antwerpen (133)
- Hainaut (47)
- Brabant wallon (38)
- Oost-Vlaanderen (37)
- Liège (30)
- Vlaams-Brabant (23)
- Namur (10)
- Limburg (3)
- Luxembourg (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (412,712)
- United States (311,493)
- Ireland (25,261)
- Australia (19,905)
- New Zealand (11,550)
- France (10,681)
- Unknown country (9,274)
- Canada (7,396)
- Italy (1,911)
- Germany (1,620)
- Netherlands (1,545)
- Switzerland (1,005)
- Belgium (879)
- Israel (720)
- Spain (652)
- India (473)
- Colombia (428)
- Mexico (340)
- Russian Federation (291)
- Austria (258)
- Jamaica (241)
- China (230)
- South Africa (204)
- Hungary (199)
- Palestine (184)
- Denmark (178)
- Argentina (167)
- Sweden (165)
- Panama (151)
- Greece (149)
- Peru (132)
- Turkey (132)
- Indonesia (130)
- Poland (129)
- Portugal (121)
- Cuba (119)
- Norway (111)
- Egypt (103)
- Philippines (101)
- Ukraine (93)
Origine of last name
HOWARD : 1: English: of Norman origin from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard hugi- ‘mind understanding spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hugh">Hugh</a>.2: English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard guardian warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hayward">Hayward</a>.3: English: occasionally a variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ewart">Ewart</a> 2.4: Irish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Fogarty">Fogarty</a> from Ó hÓghairt a shortened form of Ó hÓgartaigh a name derived from a lenited form of Ó Fógartaigh.5: Irish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ivers">Ivers</a> from Ó hÍomhair which was also Anglicized as O'Hure and Hever. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McIver">McIver</a>.
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