How common is the surname Hartford?

4,336 people in the United States had the surname Hartford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,205 Americans. It ranked 7,660th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Hartford?

Hartford is /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hartford getting more or less common?

More common. 4,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,336 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Hartford

An English place surname, carried by 4,336 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/ 2 syllables Soundex H631

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hartford is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

# For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Hereford (“army ford”), from here (“army”) + ford. # For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.

Hartford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,336 people named Hartford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,205 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,260.

#7,660

rank among US surnames

4,336

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,221)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,652	Lent	4,341	71,123
#7,655	Gober	4,339	71,156
#7,658	Kowal	4,337	71,189
#7,660	Hartford	4,336	71,205
#7,662	Desjardins	4,335	71,222
#7,663	Gillman	4,334	71,238
#7,665	Knorr	4,333	71,254

Who is named Hartford

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

86% of people named Hartford identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
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 Hartford

Hartfield

Hartford has the Soundex code H631, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H631.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hartford come from?: # For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Hereford (“army ford”), from here (“army”) + ford. # For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.
How common is the surname Hartford?: 4,336 people in the United States had the surname Hartford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,205 Americans. It ranked 7,660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hartford?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Hartford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Hartford?: Hartford is /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hartford?: Hartford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hartford getting more or less common?: More common. 4,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,336 in 2010, up 1.8%.