How common is the last name Hardy?

77,922 people in the United States have the last name Hardy, about 1 in 3,836. It ranks #409 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HARDY

#409

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
77,922
About
1 in 3,836
This common or more
29.8%
Who bears it

Of the 77,922 people with the last name Hardy, 59.6% reported their origin as White, 31.1% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Hardy

#407 Daniel · 78,123#408 Ochoa · 77,931#410 Thornton · 77,910#411 Baldwin · 77,881

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hardy, most common first.

#8,540 Harty · 3,700#11,896 Hardt · 2,517#13,493 Hard · 2,155#41,517 Hardey · 565#93,963 Hardi · 209

Also a first name

As a first name, Hardy ranks #6,669 of 53,615, with 2,382 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1921, with 151 births. See Hardy as a first name

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