Surname Checker / Howard
How Common Is the Last Name Howard?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Howard today
293,222
Ranked #75 of 162,254 published surnames · 89.78 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 264,826 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
64.31%
Black
29.49%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
Hispanic
2.37%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.