Hereweard is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 9 characters long in length.
Family name is a form of the Horwood. Parishes in counties Buckingham and Devon.
Hereweard is a variant of the Harwood. Prior to the latter half of the XIV century the name was written Harward and Hereward, and tradition derives the family from the celebrated Hereward, the patriot Saxon, who a few years after the Conquest headed his oppressed countrymen against the forces of William. He was the younger son of Leofric, earl of Mercia. It may however be of the local class, there being many places in England called Harwood.
A variation of the Harwood. One who came from Harwood or Harewood meaning "gray wood or hares' wood," the names of several places in England.