# Harton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/harton/  
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) | 1,843 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,800 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 167,523 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (1,766 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) or hær (“rock”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harton 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Horton, Hardin, Harden, Hartin, Hartman, Harding, Hartmann, Hardman, Hartnett, Hartung, Harting, Hartness.

## 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.