How common is the surname Harrah?

2,511 people in the United States had the surname Harrah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. It ranked 12,389th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harrah?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harrah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Harrah getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,511 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Harrah

A surname, carried by 2,511 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrah is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,511 people named Harrah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,555.

#12,389

rank among US surnames

2,511

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,340)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,384	Barras	2,512	122,908
#12,389	Harrah	2,511	122,957
#12,393	Lovins	2,510	123,006
#12,395	Melia	2,509	123,055
#12,397	Banfield	2,508	123,104

Who is named Harrah

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

94% of people named Harrah identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harrah

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

Questions

How common is the surname Harrah?: 2,511 people in the United States had the surname Harrah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. It ranked 12,389th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harrah?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harrah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Harrah getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,511 in 2010, down 1.7%.