How common is the surname Hardesty?

10,817 people in the United States had the surname Hardesty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,543 Americans. It ranked 3,316th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hardesty?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hardesty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hardesty?

Brandon Hardesty, American actor.

Where is the surname Hardesty most common?

Wikidata records people named Hardesty in the United States.

Is the surname Hardesty getting more or less common?

More common. 10,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,817 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Hardesty

A surname, carried by 10,817 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hardesty is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,817 people named Hardesty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,543 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,425.

#3,316

rank among US surnames

10,817

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,160)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,307	Kuntz	10,848	28,461
#3,308	Pak	10,846	28,466
#3,309	O'Toole	10,842	28,477
#3,310	Hardwick	10,841	28,479
#3,312	Seibert	10,826	28,519
#3,313	Briseno	10,821	28,532
#3,315	Nolen	10,820	28,535

Who is named Hardesty

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

92% of people named Hardesty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hardestys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brandon Hardesty
American actor, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hardesty

Hardesty has the Soundex code H632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H632.

Questions

How common is the surname Hardesty?: 10,817 people in the United States had the surname Hardesty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,543 Americans. It ranked 3,316th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hardesty?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hardesty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hardesty?: Brandon Hardesty, American actor.
Where is the surname Hardesty most common?: Wikidata records people named Hardesty in the United States.
Is the surname Hardesty getting more or less common?: More common. 10,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,817 in 2010, up 3.8%.