Explore the Family Name Harleman

The meaning of Harleman

1. Dutch: habitational name for someone from Haarle in the province of Overijssel. 2. Dutch: from a pet form of an ancient German personal name with the first element heri, hari ‘army’. 3. Americanized form of German Harlemann or Herlemann, cognates of 2 above.

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How common is the last name Harleman in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Harleman saw a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 69,428 in popularity in the United States, but by 2010, it had dropped to 80,419, representing a change of -15.83%. Similarly, the count of individuals with this surname fell from 264 in 2000 to 236 in 2010, marking a decrease of -10.61%. The proportion of individuals named Harleman per 100,000 people also declined from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.08 in 2010, a reduction of -20%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,428	#80,419	-15.83%
Count	264	236	-10.61%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Harleman

The ethnicity distribution for the Harleman surname also shifted between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 96.59% of those with the Harleman surname identified as White, but this percentage decreased to 92.80% in 2010. While Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities remained at 0 across both years, there was an emergence of other ethnic identities. The percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races came into existence in 2010 at 2.12%, while those identifying as Black also emerged in 2010, making up 2.97% of the Harleman population.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.59%	92.8%	-3.92%
Black	0%	2.97%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	2.12%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%