Harr
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Harr is a surname, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In St. Helena it is the 13th most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: from a Frisian short form of any of the Germanic personal names with the first element hari, heri ‘army’, for example, Hermann, Herbert.
- USUnited States1 in 55K◐
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 80K
- SHSt. Helena1 in 2.4K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈6.6K ●
- Sources
- 285 ●
- 1 in 20K ◐
across 8 countries
58K records
Official registry-verified
Norway
Meaning & origin●
from a Frisian short form of any of the Germanic personal names with the first element hari, heri ‘army’, for example, Hermann, Herbert.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 6,021 | 49K rec. | 1 in 55K | 6K | Harr | 285 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 2,911 | 3.1K rec. | — | — | Harr | 40 |
| CA Canada | — | 705 | 741 rec. | — | — | Harr | 31 |
| AU Australia | — | 531 | 559 rec. | — | — | Harr | 26 |
| IT Italy | — | 378 | 401 rec. | — | — | Harr | 3 |
| NO Norway | — | 278△ | 53 rec. | 1 in 20K | 278 | — | 17 |
| IE Ireland | — | 143 | 146 rec. | — | — | Harr | 3 |
| SE Sweden | — | 137△ | 34 rec. | 1 in 74K | 137 | — | 17 |
| PH Philippines | — | 129 | 141 rec. | — | — | Harr | 12 |
| CN China | — | 117 | 122 rec. | — | — | Harr | 4 |
| SH St. Helena | #13 | 116 | 352 rec. | — | — | Harr | 2 |
| RU Russia | — | 114 | 129 rec. | — | — | Harr | 5 |
Roughly 6K people in United States bear this name (about 1 in 55K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English55K83%
- Spanish2K3%
- 1.9K3%
- German1.8K3%
- French5131%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 55,180 | 83% |
| Spanish | 1,982 | 3% |
| 1,941 | 3% | |
| German | 1,806 | 3% |
| French | 513 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Harr is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Alternative form of haar (“sea fog; wind which blows in this fog”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Familienname aus einer germanischen Rufnamen-Kurzform auf Har-/Harr-; 258 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Albanian, to weed (out), prune, rid (of branches)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nds, first-person singular past of hebben
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, grayling (Thymallus thymallus)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Lorraine Ellis Harrb. 1912USAmerican poet and editor (1912–2006)
- Karl Erik Harrb. 1940NONorwegian artist (born 1940)
- Trond Harrb. 1943NONorwegian dancer
- Jan Harrb. 1945NONorwegian painter (born 1945)
- Jonathan Harrb. 1948USAmerican writer
- Eva Harrb. 1951NONorwegian painter
- Burke Harrb. 1971USAmerican politician in Nebraska (born 1971)
- Thorbjørn Harrb. 1974NONorwegian actor
- Dru BrettUSnot in their usual nameAmerican record producer, songwriter
- Martine Helen Tetlie HarrNONorwegian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 18 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Harr?
- We estimate roughly 6.6 thousand people bear Harr (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Harr have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 6.0 thousand people bear Harr in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled harr.
- How common is Harr compared with other names?
- In St. Helena, Harr is the 13th most common surname of 2,166 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Harr mean?
- Recorded meaning: from a Frisian short form of any of the Germanic personal names with the first element hari, heri ‘army’, for example, Hermann, Herbert.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Harr” — the 13th most common surname in St. Helena. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.