How common is the surname Hardie?

4,071 people in the United States had the surname Hardie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,840 Americans. It ranked 8,141st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hardie?

Michael Hardie Boys, 17th Governor-General of New Zealand (1931–2023), followed by Russell Hardie.

Where is the surname Hardie most common?

Wikidata records people named Hardie in New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Hardie getting more or less common?

More common. 3,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,071 in 2010, up 5.6%.

Is Hardie also a first name?

Yes. Hardie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hardie

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,071 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H630 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hardie is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Scottish variant of Hardy. Also shortened from McHardie, Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic mac C(h)ardaidh (“son of the craftsman”), from ceardaí.

Hardie is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,071 people named Hardie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,840 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,855.

#8,141

rank among US surnames

4,071

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,962)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,137	Jerez	4,074	75,784
#8,138	Krupa	4,073	75,803
#8,139	Weekley	4,072	75,822
#8,141	Stroman	4,071	75,840
#8,144	Heiman	4,070	75,859

Who is named Hardie

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

81% of people named Hardie identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hardies

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Hardie Boys
17th Governor-General of New Zealand (1931–2023)
Russell Hardie
American actor (1904-1973)
Kate Hardie
British actress, born 1969

Notable Hardies come mostly from New Zealand (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hardie

Hardie 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 Hardie come from?: Scottish variant of Hardy. Also shortened from McHardie, Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic mac C(h)ardaidh (“son of the craftsman”), from ceardaí.
How common is the surname Hardie?: 4,071 people in the United States had the surname Hardie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,840 Americans. It ranked 8,141st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hardie?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hardie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hardie?: Michael Hardie Boys, 17th Governor-General of New Zealand (1931–2023), followed by Russell Hardie.
Where is the surname Hardie most common?: Wikidata records people named Hardie in New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Hardie?: Hardie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hardie getting more or less common?: More common. 3,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,071 in 2010, up 5.6%.
Is Hardie also a first name?: Yes. Hardie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.