# Hardt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hardt/  
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 | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,729 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,524 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 113,135 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (2,578 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German topographical surname, from Middle High German hart (“woods”), from Old High German hart (“forest, wood”, literally “hard”). * As a German and Dutch nickname, cognate with hard and hardy. Also sometimes a spelling variant of Hart.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hardt 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hardt in the United States and Austria.

## People named Hardt

- Michael Hardt, American political philosopher, literary theorist and author of 2000 book Empire (born 196
- Harry Hardt, Austrian actor (1899-1980)

## Similar surnames

Herdt, Howard, Hart, Hardy, Heard, Hardee, Hardaway, Haworth, Harrod, Hardie, Hoard, Harty.

## 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.