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    The surname Harbold

    A Norman surname, carried by 591 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H614

    Harbold: #37,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Harbold #37,646, 591 people Harbold: #37,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Harbold #37,646, 591 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harbold is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    From a Norman personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *balþaz (“strong, bold”).

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 591 people named Harbold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 522,412 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 685.

    #37,646
    rank among US surnames
    591
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.7%
    change since 2000 (was #31,848)

    Who is named Harbold

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

    97% of people named Harbold identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Harbold

    Harbold has the Soundex code H614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H614.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Harbold come from?
    From a Norman personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *balþaz (“strong, bold”).
    How common is the surname Harbold?
    591 people in the United States had the surname Harbold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 522,412 Americans. It ranked 37,646th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harbold?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Harbold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Harbold getting more or less common?
    Less common. 685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 591 in 2010, down 14%.