# Harness (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,371 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,346 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,484 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (5,199 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harness 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Harness in the United States.

## People named Harness

- Charles L. Harness, American science fiction writer (1915–2005)

## Similar surnames

Hearns, Harms, Harnish, Haring, Harmsen, Harnack, Harrington, Herring, Herrington, Hornsby, Hermosillo, Hermes.

## 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.