How common is the surname Hargraves?

3,324 people in the United States had the surname Hargraves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,884 Americans. It ranked 9,751st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hargraves?

Edward Hargraves, Australian gold prospector (1816-1891).

Where is the surname Hargraves most common?

Wikidata records people named Hargraves in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Hargraves getting more or less common?

More common. 3,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,324 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Hargraves

A surname, carried by 3,324 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hargraves is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,324 people named Hargraves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,884 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,230.

#9,751

rank among US surnames

3,324

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,276)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,745	Phoenix	3,326	92,828
#9,747	Frady	3,325	92,856
#9,751	Wash	3,324	92,884
#9,754	Latour	3,323	92,912
#9,756	Paynter	3,322	92,940
#9,760	Penton	3,321	92,968

Who is named Hargraves

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

74% of people named Hargraves identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hargravess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edward Hargraves
Australian gold prospector (1816-1891)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hargraves

Hargraves has the Soundex code H626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H626.

Questions

How common is the surname Hargraves?: 3,324 people in the United States had the surname Hargraves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,884 Americans. It ranked 9,751st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hargraves?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Hargraves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hargraves?: Edward Hargraves, Australian gold prospector (1816-1891).
Where is the surname Hargraves most common?: Wikidata records people named Hargraves in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Hargraves getting more or less common?: More common. 3,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,324 in 2010, up 2.9%.