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    The surname Harsh

    A surname, carried by 3,407 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H620

    Harsh: #9,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harsh #9,544, 3,407 people Harsh: #9,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harsh #9,544, 3,407 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harsh is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, Americanized from Harsch, from the adjective harsch.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,407 people named Harsh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,051.

    #9,544
    rank among US surnames
    3,407
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,779)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,535Cardinale3,40990,568
    #9,539Eddington3,40890,594
    #9,544Harsh3,40790,621
    #9,547Bose3,40690,648
    #9,548Arney3,40590,674
    #9,551Obando3,40490,701
    #9,552Heinemann3,40390,727

    Who is named Harsh

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

    93% of people named Harsh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Harsh

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Harsh come from?
    From the German surname, Americanized from Harsch, from the adjective harsch.
    How common is the surname Harsh?
    3,407 people in the United States had the surname Harsh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. It ranked 9,544th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harsh?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Harsh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Harsh getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,407 in 2010, up 12%.