Aveyard is an English surname, found most commonly in Yorkshire.
It is derived from an alias Hayvyerd adopted by a 16th-century resident of Dewsbury named Robert Janyn.
[1] It was first recorded in 1540, and has remained most common in the area around Dewsbury and Wakefield.
[1] Another mention in the 17th century was that a John Aveyard apprehended John Fawcet, who was one of those involved in the Farnley Wood Plot to overturn the return to monarchy in England.
[2] In the 1881 Census, there were 343 people with the surname "Aveyard" and 85% of them were in Yorkshire.