# Hartland (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hartland/  
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) | 556 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,555 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 555,298 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (523 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɑː(ɹ)t.lənd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English heorot (“hart”) + land (“land”), because the village in Devon is situated on a peninsula whose form resembles a hart. The town in New Brunswick is named after surveyor James R. Hartley (1833 - 1868).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hartland 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) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Similar surnames

Hartley, Hartwell, Hartline, Hartle, Hartl, Hertel, Hurdle.

## 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.