How common is the surname Harrow?

1,159 people in the United States had the surname Harrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. It ranked 22,246th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Harrow?

Harrow is /ˈhæɹəʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Harrow getting more or less common?

More common. 1,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,159 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Harrow

An occupational surname, carried by 1,159 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhæɹəʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrow is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

From harrow.

Harrow is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,159 people named Harrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,133.

#22,246

rank among US surnames

1,159

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,493)

Who is named Harrow

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

76% of people named Harrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harrow

Harrow has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

Questions

Where does the surname Harrow come from?: From harrow.
How common is the surname Harrow?: 1,159 people in the United States had the surname Harrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. It ranked 22,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harrow?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Harrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Harrow?: Harrow is /ˈhæɹəʊ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Harrow?: Harrow is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Harrow getting more or less common?: More common. 1,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,159 in 2010, up 2.3%.