# Hare (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hare/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,304 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,236 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,937 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (15,739 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from ó hír (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”). * Also as an Irish surname, from ó Haichir (“descendant of Aichear”), from aichear (“sharp”). * As an English surname, from the noun hare, originally as a nickname. * Also as an English surname, from Ayre. * Also as an English surname, from the obsolete Old English hær (“stone”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hair. * As a French surname, from the verb harer (“to stir up, excite”), from Old French harier, from Frankish *hariōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate, lay waste”). * As a German surname, variant of Harr.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hare 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hare in the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hare

- Truxtun Hare, American football player, track and field athlete (1878-1956)
- Lumsden Hare, actor, director (1874-1964)
- Will Hare, American actor (1919-1997)
- Robert Hare, American chemist (1781-1858)
- David Hare, American artist (1917-1992)
- Phil Hare, American politician
- John Hare, British actor and theatre manager (1844–1921)
- Doris Hare, British actress (1905–2000)

## Similar surnames

Haro, Harry, Hair, Harr, Haire, Hauer, Hara, Harrah, Haar, Hoar, Harrow, Hyre.

## 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.