# Hargreaves (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hargreaves/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,238 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,545 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 137,956 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (2,152 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hargreaves 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hargreaves in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Hargreaves

- Roger Hargreaves, British author and illustrator (1935–1988)
- Amy Hargreaves, American actress
- Jack Hargreaves, Australian rower
- John Hargreaves, Australian actor (1945-1996)

## Similar surnames

Hargraves, Hargrove, Hargrave, Harger, Harker, Harcourt.

## 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.