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The surname Harlin

A surname, carried by 1,511 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H645

Harlin: #18,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harlin #18,337, 1,511 people Harlin: #18,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harlin #18,337, 1,511 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harlin is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,511 people named Harlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,332 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,561.

#18,337
rank among US surnames
1,511
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-3.2%
change since 2000 (was #16,829)

Who is named Harlin

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

71% of people named Harlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • White (not Hispanic) 71%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.9%
  • Two or more races 3.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harlins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • John Harlin
    American mountain climber (1935-1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harlin

Harlin has the Soundex code H645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H645.

Questions

How common is the surname Harlin?
1,511 people in the United States had the surname Harlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,332 Americans. It ranked 18,337th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harlin?
In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Harlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Harlin?
John Harlin, American mountain climber (1935-1966).
Where is the surname Harlin most common?
Wikidata records people named Harlin in the United States.
Is the surname Harlin getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,511 in 2010, down 3.2%.