How common is the surname Haralson?

2,991 people in the United States had the surname Haralson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,225 Americans. It ranked 10,686th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Haralson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,991 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Haralson

A surname, carried by 2,991 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H642

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haralson is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,991 people named Haralson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,225 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,556.

#10,686

rank among US surnames

2,991

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+17%

change since 2000 (was #11,336)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,679	Ruffner	2,994	103,121
#10,681	Banas	2,993	103,156
#10,683	Hayashi	2,992	103,190
#10,686	Runkle	2,991	103,225
#10,689	Guice	2,990	103,259
#10,692	Spiers	2,989	103,294

Who is named Haralson

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

72% of people named Haralson identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haralson

Haralson has the Soundex code H642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H642.

Questions

How common is the surname Haralson?: 2,991 people in the United States had the surname Haralson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,225 Americans. It ranked 10,686th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haralson?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Haralson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Haralson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,991 in 2010, up 17%.