Explore the Family Name Den Hartog

The meaning of Den Hartog

Dutch: variant of Hartog ‘duke’, preceded by the case-inflected definite article de. Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Gerrit, Pieter, Dirk.

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How common is the last name Den Hartog in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Den Hartog saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 35,916th most common surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had fallen slightly to 35,993rd. However, the actual count of people with this surname increased from 591 in 2000 to 623 in 2010, representing a growth rate of 5.41 percent. Despite this growth, the proportion of people with the surname per 100,000 residents dipped slightly from 0.22 to 0.21.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,916	#35,993	-0.21%
Count	591	623	5.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.21	-4.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Den Hartog

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the surname Den Hartog identify as White, although there was a small decrease from 98.14 percent in 2000 to 97.43 percent in 2010. The data also shows that there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. Notably, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic rose from zero in 2000 to 1.28 percent in 2010. The data also shows that in 2000, 0.85 percent of people with this surname identified as being of two or more ethnicities, however, this figure was not reported for 2010, possibly due to suppression of data for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.14%	97.43%	-0.72%
Hispanic	0%	1.28%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.85%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%