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The HARRY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 8,799 3703 0.003 33
United States (1880 census) 2,057 2917 0.004 41
Change since 1880 +6742 -786 -0.001 -8
Other Countries
Australia 823 1975 0.005 50
United Kingdom 1,974 2987 0.004 43
Top States for HARRY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 753 2700 0.004 40
Pennsylvania 617 2627 0.005 50
Florida 605 3625 0.004 38
California 579 5220 0.002 17
Texas 499 4534 0.002 24
Top States for HARRY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Louisiana 436 1553 0.010 98
Alaska 41 2252 0.007 65
Alabama 282 2450 0.006 63
Maryland 317 2050 0.006 60
Iowa 150 2876 0.005 51






Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HARRY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HARRY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HARRY in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HARRY by picking someone at random in Louisiana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HARRY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HARRY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HARRY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HARRY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 274 3.11
Native American/Alaskan 258 2.93
White (Hispanic) 177 2.01
Asian/Pacific 169 1.92
White (Caucasian) 5,621 63.88
Black/African American 2,300 26.14

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HARRY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HARRY in historical publications

AP HARRY. (Welsh.) The son of Harry, Harrison. Hence Parry.


Similar names to HARRY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HARRY.



Potential typos for HARRY

The following words are slight variants of HARRY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.