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    The surname Hartnett

    A surname, carried by 6,387 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H635

    Hartnett: #5,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hartnett #5,450, 6,387 people Hartnett: #5,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hartnett #5,450, 6,387 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hartnett is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,387 people named Hartnett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,340 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,200.

    #5,450
    rank among US surnames
    6,387
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,179)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,444McHale6,39148,309
    #5,448Carswell6,39048,317
    #5,449Ingersoll6,38848,332
    #5,450Hartnett6,38748,340

    Who is named Hartnett

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

    94% of people named Hartnett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hartnetts

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Josh Hartnett
      American actor and producer (born 1978)
    • Sonya Hartnett
      Australian writer, born 1968
    • Gabby Hartnett
      American baseball player and coach (1900-1972)

    Notable Hartnetts come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hartnett

    Hartnett has the Soundex code H635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hartnett?
    6,387 people in the United States had the surname Hartnett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,340 Americans. It ranked 5,450th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hartnett?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hartnett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hartnett?
    Josh Hartnett, American actor and producer (born 1978), followed by Sonya Hartnett.
    Where is the surname Hartnett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hartnett in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Hartnett getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,387 in 2010, up 3.0%.