How common is the surname Harrod?

4,909 people in the United States had the surname Harrod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,894 Americans. It ranked 6,855th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Harrod?

Harrod is /ˈhæɹəd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Harrod getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,909 in 2010, down 0.1%.

Is Harrod also a first name?

Yes. Harrod is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Harrod

A surname, carried by 4,909 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhæɹəd/ 2 syllables Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrod is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,909 people named Harrod in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,894 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,913.

#6,855

rank among US surnames

4,909

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,846	Bürg	4,919	62,766
#6,847	Kuehl	4,918	62,779
#6,848	Gurule	4,915	62,817
#6,851	Eckman	4,914	62,830
#6,852	Villalba	4,913	62,843
#6,853	Kyles	4,911	62,868
#6,854	Wilmot	4,910	62,881

Who is named Harrod

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

80% of people named Harrod identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harrod

Harrod has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

Questions

How common is the surname Harrod?: 4,909 people in the United States had the surname Harrod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,894 Americans. It ranked 6,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harrod?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Harrod identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Harrod?: Harrod is /ˈhæɹəd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Harrod getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,909 in 2010, down 0.1%.
Is Harrod also a first name?: Yes. Harrod is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.