Harbison is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Harbison
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Harbison

How popular is Harbison?

Harbison is common in United States.

Harbison is ranked 55558 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Harbison bearers increased by 3.548817 per cent in 2010 US census to 6215 since 2000, the surname slipped by 254 spots and ranked at 5598. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.56 89.25
Black 7.35 7.26
Hispanic or Latino 1.88 1.28
Others 1.19 0.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.6 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.73
Harbison is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 8427 people have been found who wears Harbison as their family name. Harbison is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
119,730 Brazil3
2,720 South Korea3
124,420 Spain3
10,267 Sri Lanka2
10,183 Jordan2
219,873 France2
107,212 South Africa1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,211 Brunei1
492,292 Ukraine1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
25,746 Finland1
47,891 Norway1
17,575 Kuwait1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,246 Canada87
Countries with hundreds of Harbison:
16,099 England350
9,510 Australia295
2,996 Ireland136
5,046 Scotland112
Countries with thousands of Harbison:
5,384 United States7,353
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Servant Hugh Harbison from Ireland aboard the Sultan from Belfast during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on November 7, 1848. William Harbison (23) Immigrant, 20 years old John Harbison, Maid Jane Harbison, James Harbison, aged 18, Andrew Harbison, aged 20, 20 years old Ellen Harbison, Rachael Harbison (19) Spinster, David Harbison, aged 23, Joseph Harbison (35) Farmer, and 4 other Harbison around 44.44% of whom were servant while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Belfast, Liverpool and Newry.

Harbison Namesakes

  • Beth Harbison, Author
  • John Harbison, Composer
  • Jamel Harbison, Football wide receiver
  • John Harbison, Composer
  • John Harbison, Composer
  • Sydnor Harbison Walker, Author
  • John Harbison, Composer
  • Vada Harbison, Jamel Harbison's mother
  • Winfred Audif Harbison, Author
  • Beth Harbison, Author

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