How common is the surname Hargreaves?

2,238 people in the United States had the surname Hargreaves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,956 Americans. It ranked 13,545th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hargreaves?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hargreaves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hargreaves?

Roger Hargreaves, British author and illustrator (1935–1988), followed by Amy Hargreaves.

Where is the surname Hargreaves most common?

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

Is the surname Hargreaves getting more or less common?

More common. 2,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,238 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Hargreaves

A surname, carried by 2,238 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). Hargreaves is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,238 people named Hargreaves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,956 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,152.

#13,545

rank among US surnames

2,238

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #13,052)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,536	Seiber	2,241	137,771
#13,541	Cousineau	2,240	137,833
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956
#13,551	Threlkeld	2,237	138,018

Who is named Hargreaves

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

95% of people named Hargreaves identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hargreavess

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Hargreaves
British author and illustrator (1935–1988)
Amy Hargreaves
American actress, born 1970
Jack Hargreaves
Australian rower, born 1993
John Hargreaves
Australian actor (1945-1996)

Notable Hargreavess come mostly from Australia (2), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hargreaves

Hargreaves 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 Hargreaves?: 2,238 people in the United States had the surname Hargreaves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,956 Americans. It ranked 13,545th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hargreaves?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hargreaves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hargreaves?: Roger Hargreaves, British author and illustrator (1935–1988), followed by Amy Hargreaves.
Where is the surname Hargreaves most common?: Wikidata records people named Hargreaves in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Hargreaves getting more or less common?: More common. 2,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,238 in 2010, up 4.0%.