How common is the surname Hardman?

9,430 people in the United States had the surname Hardman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,741 Americans. It ranked 3,755th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hardman?

Karl Hardman, American actor (1927–2007), followed by Bill Hardman.

Where is the surname Hardman most common?

Wikidata records people named Hardman in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Hardman getting more or less common?

More common. 9,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,430 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Hardman

A surname, carried by 9,430 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hardman is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,430 people named Hardman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,741 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,101.

#3,755

rank among US surnames

9,430

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,586)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,746	McClung	9,456	32,651
#3,747	Poirier	9,453	32,661
#3,748	Perryman	9,443	32,696
#3,749	Cosgrove	9,441	32,703
#3,751	Salerno	9,440	32,706
#3,752	Mundy	9,439	32,710
#3,753	Timm	9,433	32,730

Who is named Hardman

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

82% of people named Hardman identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hardmans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Hardman
American actor (1927–2007)
Bill Hardman
American jazz musician (1933–1990)
Lamartine Griffin Hardman
American politician (1856–1937)
Christine Hardman
British Anglican bishop (born 1951)

Notable Hardmans come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hardman

Hardman has the Soundex code H635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H635.

Questions

How common is the surname Hardman?: 9,430 people in the United States had the surname Hardman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,741 Americans. It ranked 3,755th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hardman?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hardman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hardman?: Karl Hardman, American actor (1927–2007), followed by Bill Hardman.
Where is the surname Hardman most common?: Wikidata records people named Hardman in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Hardman getting more or less common?: More common. 9,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,430 in 2010, up 3.6%.