# Harts (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/harts/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 648 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,835 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 476,459 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.7% (673 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

(surname) Borrowed from Dutch Harts, but also a patronymic form of the surname Hart.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Harts 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) | 38% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Hartz, Hardesty, Hardison, Hartzell, Hartwig, Hartsfield, Hartsell, Hartsock, Hartshorn, Hartzog, Hardcastle, Hartigan.

## 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.