Popularity of the last name by country
United States
- California (30,572)
- Maryland (29,075)
- Massachusetts (29,069)
- Kentucky (21,360)
- Virginia (20,361)
- New York (19,558)
- Missouri (16,311)
- North Carolina (16,175)
- Illinois (12,441)
- Pennsylvania (9,020)
- Michigan (8,029)
- Ohio (7,174)
- Tennessee (7,117)
- Connecticut (6,851)
- Colorado (6,844)
- Indiana (6,226)
- Georgia (5,586)
- Texas (5,479)
- South Carolina (5,317)
- Vermont (5,196)
- Maine (4,927)
- Alabama (4,261)
- Iowa (4,060)
- Kansas (3,331)
- New Jersey (3,081)
- New Hampshire (2,929)
- Utah (2,842)
- Washington (2,711)
- West Virginia (2,604)
- Minnesota (2,573)
- Mississippi (2,473)
- Arkansas (2,411)
- Rhode Island (2,217)
- Wisconsin (2,178)
- Oklahoma (2,099)
- Oregon (2,064)
- Florida (2,062)
- Nebraska (2,046)
- Louisiana (1,839)
- Idaho (1,823)
- Montana (1,220)
- Arizona (1,203)
- North Dakota (788)
- South Dakota (716)
- New Mexico (449)
- Wyoming (365)
- Nevada (336)
- Delaware (301)
- Hawaii (294)
- Alaska (114)
All countries
- United Kingdom (413,363)
- United States (312,335)
- Ireland (25,251)
- Australia (19,878)
- New Zealand (11,549)
- France (10,685)
- Unknown country (9,274)
- Canada (7,439)
- Italy (1,908)
- Germany (1,607)
- Netherlands (1,550)
- Switzerland (1,002)
- Belgium (833)
- Israel (720)
- Spain (653)
- India (476)
- Colombia (428)
- Mexico (340)
- Russian Federation (292)
- Austria (258)
- Jamaica (239)
- China (230)
- Hungary (199)
- South Africa (188)
- Palestine (187)
- Denmark (179)
- Sweden (165)
- Argentina (164)
- Panama (151)
- Greece (149)
- Turkey (133)
- Peru (132)
- Indonesia (130)
- Poland (129)
- Portugal (120)
- Cuba (119)
- Norway (111)
- Egypt (102)
- Philippines (100)
- 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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