How common is the surname Harriman?

5,045 people in the United States had the surname Harriman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,198 Americans. It ranked 6,694th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harriman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harriman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Harriman?

W. Averell Harriman, American businessman, politician and diplomat (1891–1986), followed by Pamela Harriman.

Where is the surname Harriman most common?

Wikidata records people named Harriman in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Harriman getting more or less common?

More common. 4,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,045 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Harriman

A surname, carried by 5,045 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harriman is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

From the given name Herman.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,045 people named Harriman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,198 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,851.

#6,694

rank among US surnames

5,045

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #6,453)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,690	Roos	5,051	61,126
#6,691	Fricke	5,048	61,162
#6,692	Mach	5,047	61,174
#6,694	Kenner	5,045	61,198
#6,697	Pagel	5,043	61,223
#6,699	Bodine	5,042	61,235

Who is named Harriman

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

94% of people named Harriman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harrimans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

W. Averell Harriman
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1891–1986)
Pamela Harriman
American diplomat (1920-1997)
Edward Henry Harriman
American financier and railroad magnate (1848–1909)
Mary Harriman Rumsey
American activist (1881-1934)
Florence Jaffray Hurst
American socialite, social activist, and diplomat, 1870–1967

Notable Harrimans come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harriman

Harriman has the Soundex code H655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H655.

Questions

Where does the surname Harriman come from?: From the given name Herman.
How common is the surname Harriman?: 5,045 people in the United States had the surname Harriman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,198 Americans. It ranked 6,694th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harriman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harriman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Harriman?: W. Averell Harriman, American businessman, politician and diplomat (1891–1986), followed by Pamela Harriman.
Where is the surname Harriman most common?: Wikidata records people named Harriman in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Harriman getting more or less common?: More common. 4,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,045 in 2010, up 4.0%.