Last Name FLOYD

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Meaning Welsh Floyed or Flood. The English attempt at pronouncing this name could get no further than Floyd, Flood, etc. Also local, 'at the flood,' from residence at the point in the river where the water is apt to flood. The Norfolk Floods are manifestly so sprung. The last name is not uncommon in counties Chester and Lancashire, and on the border of the Principality.
The same as 'Llwyd,' Welsh, brown, gray, hoary.
Origin English, French, Irish, Falkland

Rank 469 (2000 US census) 406 (1990 US census)
Count 64,141 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.94%, or 43577 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 28.3%, or 18152 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.31%, or 199 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.57%, or 366 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.59%, or 1020 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.28%, or 821 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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