How common is the surname Hardwick?

10,841 people in the United States had the surname Hardwick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,479 Americans. It ranked 3,310th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hardwick?

Chris Hardwick, American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and music, followed by Omari Hardwick.

Where is the surname Hardwick most common?

Wikidata records people named Hardwick in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Hardwick getting more or less common?

More common. 10,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,841 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Hardwick

An English place surname, carried by 10,841 people in the United States.

2 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). Hardwick is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,841 people named Hardwick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,479 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,324.

#3,310

rank among US surnames

10,841

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #3,187)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,301	Brant	10,886	28,362
#3,302	Carvalho	10,877	28,385
#3,303	Miguel	10,861	28,427
#3,304	Agee	10,857	28,437
#3,305	Elrod	10,851	28,453
#3,306	McLemore	10,850	28,456
#3,307	Kuntz	10,848	28,461

Who is named Hardwick

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

75% of people named Hardwick identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hardwicks

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Hardwick
American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and music, born 1971
Omari Hardwick
American actor, born 1974
Harold Hardwick
Australian swimmer, boxer, and rugby union player (1888–1959)
Elizabeth Hardwick
American writer and literary critic (1916–2007)
Thomas W. Hardwick
American politician (1872-1944)
Johnny Hardwick
American actor (1958–2023)
Otto Hardwick
American musician (1904–1970)

Notable Hardwicks come mostly from the United States (6) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hardwick

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hardwick come from?: From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.
How common is the surname Hardwick?: 10,841 people in the United States had the surname Hardwick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,479 Americans. It ranked 3,310th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hardwick?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Hardwick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hardwick?: Chris Hardwick, American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and music, followed by Omari Hardwick.
Where is the surname Hardwick most common?: Wikidata records people named Hardwick in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Hardwick?: Hardwick is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hardwick getting more or less common?: More common. 10,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,841 in 2010, up 5.0%.