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    The surname Harwood

    An English place surname, carried by 11,238 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhɑː(ɹ)wʊd/ 2 syllables Soundex H630

    Harwood: #3,212 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Harwood #3,212, 11,238 people Harwood: #3,212 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harwood #3,212, 11,238 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harwood is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English hara (“hare”) or hār (“hoar, grey”) + wudu (“wood”).

    Harwood is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,238 people named Harwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,473 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,138.

    #3,212
    rank among US surnames
    11,238
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,973)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,203Royer11,27927,373
    #3,204Colby11,27827,376
    #3,205Daily11,27627,381
    #3,206Hammons11,27327,388
    #3,207Pemberton11,27227,390
    #3,208Wellman11,26027,420
    #3,209Montague11,25827,425

    Who is named Harwood

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

    92% of people named Harwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Harwood

    Harwood has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Harwood come from?
    From Old English hara (“hare”) or hār (“hoar, grey”) + wudu (“wood”).
    How common is the surname Harwood?
    11,238 people in the United States had the surname Harwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,473 Americans. It ranked 3,212th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Harwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Harwood?
    Harwood is /ˈhɑː(ɹ)wʊd/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Harwood?
    Harwood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Harwood getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,238 in 2010, up 0.9%.