How common is the surname Harter?

10,020 people in the United States had the surname Harter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,813 Americans. It ranked 3,559th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Harter?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Harter?

Kathleen Harter, American tennis player, followed by Chris Sabin.

Where is the surname Harter most common?

Wikidata records people named Harter in the United States.

Is the surname Harter getting more or less common?

More common. 9,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,020 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Harter

A surname, carried by 10,020 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harter is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,020 people named Harter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,813 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,843.

#3,559

rank among US surnames

10,020

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,332)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,550	Eggleston	10,057	30,700
#3,551	Shi	10,055	30,706
#3,552	Bills	10,051	30,718
#3,553	Allard	10,047	30,730
#3,554	Kirchner	10,044	30,739
#3,555	Faber	10,039	30,755
#3,556	Layman	10,038	30,758

Who is named Harter

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

94% of people named Harter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Harters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathleen Harter
American tennis player, born 1946
Chris Sabin
American professional wrestler, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harter

Harter has the Soundex code H636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H636.

Questions

How common is the surname Harter?: 10,020 people in the United States had the surname Harter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,813 Americans. It ranked 3,559th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harter?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Harter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Harter?: Kathleen Harter, American tennis player, followed by Chris Sabin.
Where is the surname Harter most common?: Wikidata records people named Harter in the United States.
Is the surname Harter getting more or less common?: More common. 9,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,020 in 2010, up 1.8%.