How common is the surname Harbour?

4,155 people in the United States had the surname Harbour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,307 Americans. It ranked 7,964th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Harbour?

David Harbour, American actor (born 1975).

Where is the surname Harbour most common?

Wikidata records people named Harbour in the United States.

Is the surname Harbour getting more or less common?

More common. 4,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,155 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Harbour

A surname, carried by 4,155 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harbour is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,155 people named Harbour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,307 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,006.

#7,964

rank among US surnames

4,155

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,956	Tarantino	4,158	74,253
#7,958	Nipper	4,157	74,271
#7,961	Coss	4,156	74,289
#7,964	Harbour	4,155	74,307
#7,966	Terwilliger	4,153	74,343
#7,968	Bednar	4,151	74,379

Who is named Harbour

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

85% of people named Harbour identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harbours

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Harbour
American actor (born 1975)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Harbour

Harbour has the Soundex code H616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H616.

Questions

Where does the surname Harbour come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun harbour, British spelling of harbor. Compare Harbach. * As a French surname, variant of Arbour.
How common is the surname Harbour?: 4,155 people in the United States had the surname Harbour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,307 Americans. It ranked 7,964th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harbour?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Harbour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Harbour?: David Harbour, American actor (born 1975).
Where is the surname Harbour most common?: Wikidata records people named Harbour in the United States.
Is the surname Harbour getting more or less common?: More common. 4,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,155 in 2010, up 3.7%.
What are other spellings of Harbour?: Arber, Harber and Harbor.