Last Name HARP

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: At the Harp, a sign-name. It is found in America in abundance, but is hard to find in England.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	2,484 (2000 US census)	2,344 (1990 US census)

Count	13,295 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.09%, or 11313 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.11%, or 1344 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 53 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.05%, or 140 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.77%, or 235 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.59%, or 211 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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