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    The surname Harr

    A surname, carried by 6,021 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H600

    Harr: #5,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harr #5,754, 6,021 people Harr: #5,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harr #5,754, 6,021 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harr is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    * As a North German surname, from variants/ancestors of the noun Heer (“army”), similar to Herbert, Hermann. * As an English surname, variant of Hare.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,021 people named Harr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,278 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,466.

    #5,754
    rank among US surnames
    6,021
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,792)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,746Maes6,03351,176
    #5,747Ehrlich6,03151,193
    #5,748Bott6,02951,210
    #5,749Schaub6,02751,227
    #5,750Alva6,02651,236
    #5,751Almaguer6,02351,261
    #5,752Deckard6,02251,270

    Who is named Harr

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

    93% of people named Harr identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harr

    Harr has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Harr come from?
    * As a North German surname, from variants/ancestors of the noun Heer (“army”), similar to Herbert, Hermann. * As an English surname, variant of Hare.
    How common is the surname Harr?
    6,021 people in the United States had the surname Harr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,278 Americans. It ranked 5,754th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harr?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Harr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Harr getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,021 in 2010, up 10%.