How common is the surname Harnden?

1,518 people in the United States had the surname Harnden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harnden?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Harnden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Harnden?

Arthur Harnden, American athletics competitor (1924–2016).

Where is the surname Harnden most common?

Wikidata records people named Harnden in the United States.

Is the surname Harnden getting more or less common?

More common. 1,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Harnden

A place surname, carried by 1,518 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harnden is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

English habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.

Harnden 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 1,518 people named Harnden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,468.

#18,286

rank among US surnames

1,518

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,278	Merlin	1,519	203,256
#18,286	Langlais	1,518	203,390

Who is named Harnden

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

93% of people named Harnden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harndens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Harnden
American athletics competitor (1924–2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harnden

Harnden has the Soundex code H653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H653.

Questions

Where does the surname Harnden come from?: English habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
How common is the surname Harnden?: 1,518 people in the United States had the surname Harnden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harnden?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Harnden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Harnden?: Arthur Harnden, American athletics competitor (1924–2016).
Where is the surname Harnden most common?: Wikidata records people named Harnden in the United States.
What type of surname is Harnden?: Harnden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Harnden getting more or less common?: More common. 1,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 3.4%.