Heard is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heard
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Heard

How popular is Heard?

Heard is common in United States.

Heard is ranked 14418 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heard bearers increased by 5.389222 per cent in 2010 US census to 23408 since 2000, the surname slipped by 65 spots and ranked at 1534. The last name was found in around 79 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 54.52 53.7
White 39.13 42.3
Others 3.13 2
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 1.38
Heard is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 36606 people have been found who wears Heard as their family name. Heard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
23,950 Georgia6
1,014,159 India4
10,542 China4
122,390 Belarus4
19,452 Malaysia3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
119,730 Brazil3
25,074 Greece3
16,605 Austria3
6,989 Uganda3
18,035 Egypt2
1,472 The Bahamas2
6,103 Cyprus2
26,532 Chile2
124,220 Italy2
12,172 Ghana2
18,625 Japan2
5,318 Iraq2
1,118 Isle of Man2
14,521 Portugal2
810,193 Indonesia1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,640 Hong Kong1
846 American Samoa1
7,191 Afghanistan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
91,024 Belgium1
5,872 Namibia1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
5,553 Taiwan1
58,885 Poland1
17,768 Pakistan1
47,891 Norway1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
1,254 Gibraltar1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
205,048 Russia43
137,305 Ukraine26
11,685 Singapore24
813 Jersey22
29,040 Denmark15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
39,793 Spain54
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Heard:
23,918 Germany437
902 Wales429
2,635 New Zealand289
14,944 Mexico262
38,971 France257
4,108 Scotland144
Countries with thousands of Heard:
1,672 England4,727
1,515 Australia2,102
3,513 Canada1,331
5,450 South Africa1,187
Countries with ten thousands of Heard:
1,570 United States25,047
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, Of unknown age immigrant Ellen Heard who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 30, 1849 by Effingham put out from Cork. 30 years old John Heard, 13 years old John Heard, 20 years old Brid. Heard, Maid Mary Heard, 17 years old Stewart Heard, are other Heard that migrated to US.

Heard Namesakes

    Larry Heard, Tennessee-based DJ, record producer and musician, widely known as an important figure in 1980s Chicago house music
  • Larry Heard, Musician
  • Amber Heard, Actress
  • John Heard, Actor
  • Augustine Heard, Entrepreneur
  • Braylon Heard, Football player
  • Shawnette Heard, Choreographer
  • Mark Heard, Record producer
  • John Heard, Actor
  • Carlton Heard, Football wide receiver
  • Amber Heard, Actress
  • Matthew Heard, from 2017 family movie Making the Drumline: In Pursuit of Snare, who characterized Matthew.

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