How common is the surname Harrold?

4,884 people in the United States had the surname Harrold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,216 Americans. It ranked 6,884th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Harrold?

Kathryn Harrold, American actress, followed by Peter Harrold.

Where is the surname Harrold most common?

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

Is the surname Harrold getting more or less common?

More common. 4,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,884 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Harrold

A surname, carried by 4,884 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H643

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrold 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 4,884 people named Harrold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,216 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,655.

#6,884

rank among US surnames

4,884

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,880	Im	4,887	63,177
#6,881	Shetler	4,886	63,190
#6,882	Peckham	4,885	63,203
#6,884	Harrold	4,884	63,216
#6,885	Ronquillo	4,881	63,255

Who is named Harrold

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

82% of people named Harrold identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harrolds

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathryn Harrold
American actress, born 1950
Peter Harrold
American ice hockey player, born 1983
Ruby Harrold
British artistic gymnast, born 1996

Notable Harrolds come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harrold

Harrold has the Soundex code H643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H643.

Questions

How common is the surname Harrold?: 4,884 people in the United States had the surname Harrold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,216 Americans. It ranked 6,884th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harrold?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Harrold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Harrold?: Kathryn Harrold, American actress, followed by Peter Harrold.
Where is the surname Harrold most common?: Wikidata records people named Harrold in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Harrold getting more or less common?: More common. 4,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,884 in 2010, up 4.9%.