How common is the surname Harada?

2,030 people in the United States had the surname Harada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,091 Americans. It ranked 14,656th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Harada getting more or less common?

More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,030 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Harada

A Japanese surname, carried by 2,030 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harada is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Borrowed from Japanese 原田 (Harada).

One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,030 people named Harada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,091 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.

#14,656

rank among US surnames

2,030

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,957)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,651	Gentner	2,031	152,017
#14,656	Harada	2,030	152,091
#14,662	Brault	2,029	152,166

Who is named Harada

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

75% of people named Harada identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 75%
White (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harada

Harada has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Harada come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 原田 (Harada).
How common is the surname Harada?: 2,030 people in the United States had the surname Harada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,091 Americans. It ranked 14,656th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harada?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Harada identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Harada getting more or less common?: More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,030 in 2010, up 2.3%.