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    The surname Harig

    A surname, carried by 902 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harig is more common than 83.4% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German surname, variant of Haring. * Also as a German surname, from the adjective haarig (“hairy”), or its Middle Low German equivalent.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 902 people named Harig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 342,290 Americans. That is down 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,000.

    #26,910
    rank among US surnames
    902
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,638)

    Who is named Harig

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

    96% of people named Harig identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harig

    Harig has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Harig come from?
    * As a German surname, variant of Haring. * Also as a German surname, from the adjective haarig (“hairy”), or its Middle Low German equivalent.
    How common is the surname Harig?
    902 people in the United States had the surname Harig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 342,290 Americans. It ranked 26,910th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harig?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Harig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Harig getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 902 in 2010, down 9.8%.