How common is the surname Hardt?

2,729 people in the United States had the surname Hardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. It ranked 11,524th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hardt?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hardt?

Michael Hardt, American political philosopher, literary theorist and author of 2000 book Empire (born 196, followed by Harry Hardt.

Where is the surname Hardt most common?

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

Is the surname Hardt getting more or less common?

More common. 2,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,729 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Hardt

A German place surname, carried by 2,729 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hardt is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,729 people named Hardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,578.

#11,524

rank among US surnames

2,729

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,257)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,516	Sublett	2,731	113,052
#11,522	Truett	2,730	113,094
#11,524	Steffes	2,729	113,135
#11,529	Easterday	2,728	113,177

Who is named Hardt

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

93% of people named Hardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hardts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Hardts come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hardt

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hardt come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Hardt?: 2,729 people in the United States had the surname Hardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,135 Americans. It ranked 11,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hardt?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hardt?: Michael Hardt, American political philosopher, literary theorist and author of 2000 book Empire (born 196, followed by Harry Hardt.
Where is the surname Hardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Hardt in the United States and Austria.
What type of surname is Hardt?: Hardt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hardt getting more or less common?: More common. 2,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,729 in 2010, up 5.9%.