Harman

At the 2020 census, 13,758 Americans bore the surname Harman — 2,561st out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 21,700.

By the numbers

People: 13,758
Rank: 2,561st
How common: 1 in 21,700
Per 100,000: 4.6

Where the name comes from

As an English surname, from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Hermann.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Harman described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 90.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
Black, not Hispanic 1.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Harman

Harriet Harman (born 1950)British politician
Graham Harman (born 1968)American philosopher
Sabrina Harman (born 1978)former American soldier
Jane Harman (born 1945)American politician
Gilbert Harman (1938–2021)American philosopher
Chris Harman (1942–2009)British journalist and political activist
Jennifer Harman (born 1964)American poker player
Hugh Harman (1908–1982)American animator

People named Harman with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Harman

Also a first name

Harman has been given to 1,112 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2008. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.