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    The surname Harless

    A surname, carried by 6,746 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H642

    Harless: #5,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harless #5,179, 6,746 people Harless: #5,179 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harless #5,179, 6,746 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harless is more common than 96.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,746 people named Harless in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,767 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,580.

    #5,179
    rank among US surnames
    6,746
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,908)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,170Greenwell6,76545,639
    #5,171Sills6,76145,666
    #5,172Forney6,75545,706
    #5,173Hoag6,75245,727
    #5,175Dreyer6,75145,733
    #5,176Woolley6,74945,747
    #5,177Dumont6,74845,754

    Who is named Harless

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

    95% of people named Harless identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harless

    Harless has the Soundex code H642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H642.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Harless?
    6,746 people in the United States had the surname Harless in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,767 Americans. It ranked 5,179th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harless?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Harless identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Harless getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,746 in 2010, up 2.5%.