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    The surname Harriss

    A surname, carried by 1,227 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H620

    Harriss: #21,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harriss #21,348, 1,227 people Harriss: #21,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harriss #21,348, 1,227 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harriss is more common than 86.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,227 people named Harriss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,188.

    #21,348
    rank among US surnames
    1,227
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,693)

    Who is named Harriss

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

    82% of people named Harriss identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harriss

    Harriss has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Harriss?
    1,227 people in the United States had the surname Harriss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. It ranked 21,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harriss?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Harriss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Harriss getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,227 in 2010, up 3.3%.