How common is the surname Harbach?

431 people in the United States had the surname Harbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 716,347 Americans. It ranked 48,901st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Harbach getting more or less common?

Less common. 478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 431 in 2010, down 9.8%.

The surname Harbach

A German occupational surname, carried by 431 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harbach is more common than 69.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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”).

Harbach is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 431 people named Harbach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 716,347 Americans. That is down 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 478.

#48,901

rank among US surnames

431

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-9.8%

change since 2000 (was #42,677)

Who is named Harbach

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

98% of people named Harbach identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harbach

Harbach has the Soundex code H612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H612.

Other German surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Harbach come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Harbach?: 431 people in the United States had the surname Harbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 716,347 Americans. It ranked 48,901st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harbach?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Harbach identified as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Harbach?: Harbach is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Harbach getting more or less common?: Less common. 478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 431 in 2010, down 9.8%.