How common is the surname Harvell?

4,284 people in the United States had the surname Harvell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,069 Americans. It ranked 7,750th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Harvell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,284 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Harvell

A surname, carried by 4,284 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harvell is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,284 people named Harvell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,069 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,074.

#7,750

rank among US surnames

4,284

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,744	Depriest	4,287	72,019
#7,747	Tao	4,286	72,036
#7,748	Dixson	4,285	72,053
#7,750	Laskowski	4,284	72,069
#7,752	Ramer	4,283	72,086
#7,753	Carleton	4,282	72,103

Who is named Harvell

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

70% of people named Harvell identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harvell

Harvell has the Soundex code H614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H614.

Questions

How common is the surname Harvell?: 4,284 people in the United States had the surname Harvell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,069 Americans. It ranked 7,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harvell?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Harvell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Harvell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,284 in 2010, up 5.2%.