How common is the surname Harker?

5,485 people in the United States had the surname Harker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,289 Americans. It ranked 6,230th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harker?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Harker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Harker?

Susannah Harker, British actress, followed by Al Harker.

Where is the surname Harker most common?

Wikidata records people named Harker in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Harker getting more or less common?

More common. 4,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,485 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Harker

A surname, carried by 5,485 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). Harker is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,485 people named Harker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,289 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,795.

#6,230

rank among US surnames

5,485

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+14.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,523)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,226	Bramlett	5,494	56,197
#6,228	Deberry	5,493	56,207
#6,229	Rackley	5,488	56,258
#6,230	Harker	5,485	56,289

Who is named Harker

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

91% of people named Harker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harkers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Susannah Harker
British actress, born 1965
Al Harker
American soccer player (1910-2006)

Notable Harkers come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harker

Harker 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 Harker?: 5,485 people in the United States had the surname Harker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,289 Americans. It ranked 6,230th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harker?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Harker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Harker?: Susannah Harker, British actress, followed by Al Harker.
Where is the surname Harker most common?: Wikidata records people named Harker in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Harker getting more or less common?: More common. 4,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,485 in 2010, up 14%.