# Harbour (surname)

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

A surname from English

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,155 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,964 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,307 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (4,006 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arber, Harber, Harbor |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun harbour, British spelling of harbor. Compare Harbach. * As a French surname, variant of Arbour.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harbour 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Harbour in the United States.

## People named Harbour

- David Harbour, American actor (born 1975)

## Similar surnames

Harber, Harbor, Harper, Harbert, Harford, Herbert, Hereford, Herber, Harvard.

## 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.