How common is the surname Harney?

5,376 people in the United States had the surname Harney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,430 Americans. It ranked 6,341st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Harney getting more or less common?

More common. 5,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,376 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Harney

A surname, carried by 5,376 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harney is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,376 people named Harney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,430 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,151.

#6,341

rank among US surnames

5,376

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,129)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,335	Mahmood	5,384	57,345
#6,336	Monday	5,379	57,398
#6,339	Dryden	5,378	57,409
#6,341	Harney	5,376	57,430

Who is named Harney

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

82% of people named Harney identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harney

Harney has the Soundex code H650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H650.

Questions

How common is the surname Harney?: 5,376 people in the United States had the surname Harney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,430 Americans. It ranked 6,341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harney?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Harney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Harney getting more or less common?: More common. 5,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,376 in 2010, up 4.4%.