# Harbach (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/harbach/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 431 |
| US rank (2010) | 48,901 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 716,347 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.8% (478 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a south German surname, from several places in Germany, such as Harbach in Landkreis Altenkirchen, from Middle High German Horbach. * As an English surname, variant of Harbage, Herbage, occupational surname from Old French herberge (“shelter, inn”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harbach in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |

## Similar surnames

Harbaugh, Harbuck, Herbst, Harbison, Harpster, Hörbiger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.