# Harston (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/harston/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 711 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,365 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 434,241 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.4% (736 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hardstone |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * The village in Cambridgeshire is probably named with the Old English personal name *Herel + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Leicestershire is named with Old English hār (“grey”) + stān (“stone”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harston in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Hairston, Hurston, Hayhurst, Hearst, Harstad, Hurst, Horst, Hargett, Hirst, Horstman, Horstmann, Hershkowitz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.