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    The surname Harrelson

    A surname, carried by 8,023 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H642

    Harrelson: #4,428 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harrelson #4,428, 8,023 people Harrelson: #4,428 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harrelson #4,428, 8,023 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrelson is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,023 people named Harrelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,483 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,639.

    #4,428
    rank among US surnames
    8,023
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,294)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,420Marek8,04238,392
    #4,421Castellon8,04138,396
    #4,422Dellinger8,04038,401
    #4,423Leo8,03938,406
    #4,424Shinn8,03838,411
    #4,425Bogan8,03438,430
    #4,426Steinmetz8,03238,439

    Who is named Harrelson

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

    92% of people named Harrelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Harrelsons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Woody Harrelson
      American actor (born 1961)
    • Charles Harrelson
      American murderer and hitman, father of Woody Harrelson (1939–2007)
    • Ken Harrelson
      Baseball player and broadcaster from the United States, born 1941

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harrelson

    Harrelson has the Soundex code H642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H642.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Harrelson?
    8,023 people in the United States had the surname Harrelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,483 Americans. It ranked 4,428th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harrelson?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Harrelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Harrelson?
    Woody Harrelson, American actor (born 1961), followed by Charles Harrelson.
    Where is the surname Harrelson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Harrelson in the United States.
    Is the surname Harrelson getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,023 in 2010, up 5.0%.