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    The surname Hard

    A place surname, carried by 3,085 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H630

    Hard: #10,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hard #10,429, 3,085 people Hard: #10,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hard #10,429, 3,085 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hard is more common than 93.6% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Hard is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,085 people named Hard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. That is down 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,831.

    #10,429
    rank among US surnames
    3,085
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -54.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,744)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,422Pyne3,08999,950
    #10,424Boots3,087100,015
    #10,427Belew3,086100,047
    #10,429Yearwood3,085100,080
    #10,434Dineen3,083100,145
    #10,437Dyess3,082100,177

    Who is named Hard

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

    74% of people named Hard identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hards

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Darlene Hard
      American tennis player (1936–2021)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hard

    Hard has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hard come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Hard?
    3,085 people in the United States had the surname Hard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,080 Americans. It ranked 10,429th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hard?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Hard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hard?
    Darlene Hard, American tennis player (1936–2021).
    Where is the surname Hard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hard in the United States.
    What type of surname is Hard?
    Hard is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hard getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,085 in 2010, down 55%.