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    The surname Harrier

    An occupational surname, carried by 589 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H660

    Harrier: #37,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Harrier #37,735, 589 people Harrier: #37,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Harrier #37,735, 589 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrier is more common than 76.7% of them.

    Origin

    From harrier, an occupational surname for a hunter of hares or a nickname for someone who resembled a harrier, a kind of hawk.

    Harrier 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 589 people named Harrier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 576.

    #37,735
    rank among US surnames
    589
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #36,630)

    Who is named Harrier

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

    96% of people named Harrier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Harriers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Laura Harrier
      American actress and model, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harrier

    Harrier has the Soundex code H660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H660.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Harrier come from?
    From harrier, an occupational surname for a hunter of hares or a nickname for someone who resembled a harrier, a kind of hawk.
    How common is the surname Harrier?
    589 people in the United States had the surname Harrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. It ranked 37,735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harrier?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Harrier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Harrier?
    Laura Harrier, American actress and model.
    Where is the surname Harrier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Harrier in the United States.
    What type of surname is Harrier?
    Harrier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Harrier getting more or less common?
    More common. 576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 589 in 2010, up 2.3%.