# Hargrove (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hargrove/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,360 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,764 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,164 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (19,555 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from placenames such as Hargrave in Cheshire, Hargreave in Little Neston, or Hartgrove in Dorset. All of these names probably derive from Old English hār (“hoar”) + grǣfe (“grove”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hargrove 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hargrove in the United States.

## People named Hargrove

- Roy Hargrove, American jazz musicien (1969–2018)
- Monica Hargrove, American sprinter

## Similar surnames

Hargrave, Harker, Hargraves, Harger, Hargreaves, 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.