# Harmon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/harmon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 74,737 |
| US rank (2010) | 438 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,131 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (72,414 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, by way of Norman/Anglo-Norman/Middle English/Old French from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Herman. Also Americanized from German variants such as Harmann, Hermann. Compare Harman. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon, from Ó hArgadáin (literally “descendant of Argadán”), from a diminutive of airgead (“silver”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harmon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Harmon in the United States.

## People named Harmon

- Mark Harmon, American actor
- Angie Harmon, American actress
- Dan Harmon, American screenwriter
- Judson Harmon, American judge (1846-1927)
- Winsor Harmon, American actor
- Pat Harmon, American actor (1886-1958)
- Robert Harmon, American film and television director (born 1953)
- John Harmon, American actor (1905-1985)
- Trent Harmon, American singer; winner of American Idol
- Clifford B. Harmon, American businessman (1866–1945)
- Larry Harmon, American entertainer: played and franchised Bozo the Clown (1925-2008)
- Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (1919–1990)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Harman, Harriman, Hernandez, Herman, Herrmann, Hermann, Hernandes, Horning, Hermanson, Hornung, Herrman, Hernandezlopez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.