Explore the Family Name Hartenstein

The meaning of Hartenstein

1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of several places called Hartenstein, in Saxony and Bavaria. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name composed of German hart ‘hard’ + Stein ‘rock, stone’. Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hermann, Reiner.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hartenstein saw a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked at 32,488 while in 2010, it dropped to 33,410 indicating a decrease by 2.84%. The number of people with this surname, however, increased from 667 in 2000 to 683 in 2010, representing a growth of 2.4%. Despite this increase, the proportion of individuals bearing the Hartenstein name per 100k people decreased by 8%, falling from 0.25 to 0.23.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,488	#33,410	-2.84%
Count	667	683	2.4%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hartenstein

In terms of ethnicity, the percentage of individuals with the Hartenstein surname identifying as White decreased slightly from 96.85% to 95.61% between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. Those identified as Asian/Pacific Islander also saw a significant decrease, going from 0.75% in 2000 to zero in 2010. Interestingly, the Hispanic representation within the Hartenstein surname increased substantially, growing by 134% from 1.5% to 3.51%. Populations identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or two or more races remained relatively stable, with the latter seeing an emergence from no recorded data in 2000 to 0.88% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.85%	95.61%	-1.28%
Hispanic	1.5%	3.51%	134%
Two or More Races	0%	0.88%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.75%	0%	-100%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%