How common is the surname Harrington?

66,959 people in the United States had the surname Harrington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,611 Americans. It ranked 500th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Harrington?

Desmond Harrington, American actor (born 1976), followed by Al Harrington.

Where is the surname Harrington most common?

Wikidata records people named Harrington in the United States, South Africa and Canada and 1 other country.

Is the surname Harrington getting more or less common?

More common. 65,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 66,959 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Harrington

A place surname, carried by 66,959 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrington is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A habitational surname from Old English from several places of that name in England.

Harrington is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 66,959 people named Harrington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,611 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 65,131.

#500

rank among US surnames

66,959

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #462)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#491	Waters	67,929	4,545
#492	Logan	67,909	4,546
#493	Camacho	67,893	4,548
#494	Strickland	67,769	4,556
#495	Norman	67,704	4,560
#496	Person	67,411	4,580
#497	Colon	67,338	4,585

Who is named Harrington

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

82% of people named Harrington identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harringtons

24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Desmond Harrington
American actor (born 1976)
Al Harrington
American basketball player (born 1980)
Dan Harrington
American poker player (born 1945)
Jay Harrington
American actor (born 1971)
Pat Harrington Jr.
American Emmy Award-winning stage and television actor (1929–2016)
Curtis Harrington
American film director (1926-2007)
John Peabody Harrington
American linguist and ethnologist and a specialist in the indigenous peoples of California, 1884–1961
John Harrington
American ice hockey player and coach, born 1957
Michael Harrington
American socialist writer (1928–1989)
Robert G. Harrington
American astronomer (1904-1987)
Robert Sutton Harrington
American astronomer (1942–1993)
Emily Harrington
American rock climber, born 1986

Notable Harringtons come mostly from the United States (21), South Africa (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Harington

Surnames that sound like Harrington

Harrington has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.

Questions

How common is the surname Harrington?: 66,959 people in the United States had the surname Harrington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,611 Americans. It ranked 500th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harrington?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Harrington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Harrington?: Desmond Harrington, American actor (born 1976), followed by Al Harrington.
Where is the surname Harrington most common?: Wikidata records people named Harrington in the United States, South Africa and Canada and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Harrington?: Harrington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Harrington getting more or less common?: More common. 65,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 66,959 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Harrington?: Harington.