How common is the surname Harbaugh?

4,895 people in the United States had the surname Harbaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,074 Americans. It ranked 6,873rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harbaugh?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Harbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Harbaugh?

Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach (born 1963), followed by John Harbaugh.

Where is the surname Harbaugh most common?

Wikidata records people named Harbaugh in the United States.

Is the surname Harbaugh getting more or less common?

More common. 4,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,895 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Harbaugh

A surname, carried by 4,895 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). Harbaugh is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,895 people named Harbaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,074 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,864.

#6,873

rank among US surnames

4,895

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,438)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,869	Gasper	4,898	63,035
#6,870	Weinberger	4,897	63,048
#6,872	Veach	4,896	63,061
#6,873	Harbaugh	4,895	63,074

Who is named Harbaugh

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

97% of people named Harbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harbaughs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Harbaugh
American football player and coach (born 1963)
John Harbaugh
American football coach (born 1962)
Carl Harbaugh
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1886–1960)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harbaugh

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

Questions

How common is the surname Harbaugh?: 4,895 people in the United States had the surname Harbaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,074 Americans. It ranked 6,873rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harbaugh?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Harbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Harbaugh?: Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach (born 1963), followed by John Harbaugh.
Where is the surname Harbaugh most common?: Wikidata records people named Harbaugh in the United States.
Is the surname Harbaugh getting more or less common?: More common. 4,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,895 in 2010, up 0.6%.