Last Name HURD

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Meaning The herd, i.e. the cattle-tender, found in compounds like Shepherd, Calvert. Coward, Oxenherd. Heard is one of the instances among hundreds of the great imitative tendency in spelling surnames.
From 'Hurdh,' a ram.
Origin English, Welsh, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 1,654 (2000 US census) 1,490 (1990 US census)
Count 19,856 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.82%, or 15253 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.16%, or 3606 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.44%, or 87 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.63%, or 125 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.84%, or 365 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.1%, or 417 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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