How common is the surname Harner?

4,277 people in the United States had the surname Harner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,187 Americans. It ranked 7,761st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harner?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Harner?

Michael J. Harner, American anthropologist (1929–2018).

Where is the surname Harner most common?

Wikidata records people named Harner in the United States.

Is the surname Harner getting more or less common?

More common. 4,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,277 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Harner

A surname, carried by 4,277 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harner is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,277 people named Harner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,187 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,033.

#7,761

rank among US surnames

4,277

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,602)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,758	Woodland	4,280	72,137
#7,759	Noyola	4,279	72,154
#7,760	Chenault	4,278	72,171
#7,761	Harner	4,277	72,187

Who is named Harner

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

94% of people named Harner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael J. Harner
American anthropologist (1929–2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harner

Harner has the Soundex code H656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H656.

Questions

How common is the surname Harner?: 4,277 people in the United States had the surname Harner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,187 Americans. It ranked 7,761st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Harner?: Michael J. Harner, American anthropologist (1929–2018).
Where is the surname Harner most common?: Wikidata records people named Harner in the United States.
Is the surname Harner getting more or less common?: More common. 4,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,277 in 2010, up 6.1%.