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The surname Harmsen

A surname, carried by 1,101 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H652

Harmsen: #23,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harmsen #23,167, 1,101 people Harmsen: #23,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harmsen #23,167, 1,101 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harmsen is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,101 people named Harmsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,035.

#23,167
rank among US surnames
1,101
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+6.4%
change since 2000 (was #23,056)

Who is named Harmsen

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

96% of people named Harmsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harmsen

Harmsen has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.

Questions

How common is the surname Harmsen?
1,101 people in the United States had the surname Harmsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harmsen?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Harmsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Harmsen getting more or less common?
More common. 1,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, up 6.4%.