# Hard (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,085 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,429 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,080 people |
| Change since 2000 | -54.8% (6,831 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* From Old English and Norman derivatives of Old French hardi (“tough, brave, hardy”). There are several Germanic variants of this origin, such as Swedish hård, Dutch hard, etc., all from Proto-Germanic *harduz. * English topographical surname for farmers living on hard ground, from hard. This also appeared as the surname Hardacre.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hard 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 16% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hard in the United States.

## People named Hard

- Darlene Hard, American tennis player (1936–2021)

## Similar surnames

Hart, Hardy, Heard, Hurd, Hardee, Harrod, Herd, Hardie, Hoard, Harty, Hord, Harte.

## 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.