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    The surname Harle

    A place surname, carried by 599 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H640

    Harle: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Harle #37,229, 599 people Harle: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Harle #37,229, 599 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harle is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from South German Härle. * Habitational surname from the villages of Kirkharle and Little Harle, possibly named from an Old English personal name Herela, a derivative of here (“army”). * Borrowed from French Harlé, a topographic surname from harle (“ditch”).

    Harle is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 599 people named Harle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 710.

    #37,229
    rank among US surnames
    599
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.6%
    change since 2000 (was #30,929)

    Who is named Harle

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

    94% of people named Harle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harle

    Harle has the Soundex code H640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H640.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Harle come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from South German Härle. * Habitational surname from the villages of Kirkharle and Little Harle, possibly named from an Old English personal name Herela, a derivative of here (“army”). * Borrowed from French Harlé, a topographic surname from harle (“ditch”).
    How common is the surname Harle?
    599 people in the United States had the surname Harle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. It ranked 37,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harle?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Harle?
    Harle is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Harle getting more or less common?
    Less common. 710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 599 in 2010, down 16%.