How common is the surname Harp?

13,646 people in the United States had the surname Harp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,625 Americans. It ranked 2,638th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Harp?

Jessica Harp, American country musician.

Where is the surname Harp most common?

Wikidata records people named Harp in the United States.

Is the surname Harp getting more or less common?

More common. 13,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,646 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Harp

An occupational surname, carried by 13,646 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harp is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a player of the harp.

Harp is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,646 people named Harp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,625 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,295.

#2,638

rank among US surnames

13,646

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,484)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,629	Briscoe	13,728	22,490
#2,630	Lawton	13,713	22,515
#2,631	Sarmiento	13,710	22,520
#2,632	Brinkley	13,695	22,544
#2,633	Keener	13,687	22,558
#2,634	Askew	13,683	22,564
#2,635	Storey	13,669	22,587

Who is named Harp

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

83% of people named Harp identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harps

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jessica Harp
American country musician, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Harp

Harp has the Soundex code H610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H610.

Questions

How common is the surname Harp?: 13,646 people in the United States had the surname Harp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,625 Americans. It ranked 2,638th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harp?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Harp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Harp?: Jessica Harp, American country musician.
Where is the surname Harp most common?: Wikidata records people named Harp in the United States.
What type of surname is Harp?: Harp is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Harp getting more or less common?: More common. 13,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,646 in 2010, up 2.6%.